Growth cone formation at the terminal region of severed axons is a fundamental step in neuronal regeneration. To understand the cytoskeletal events underlying this process, we have followed actin organization and dynamics as the severed, axonal stumps of Helisoma neurons transformed into mature grow
Controlling actin cytoskeletal organization and dynamics during neuronal morphogenesis
β Scribed by Michael Manfred Kessels; Lukas Schwintzer; Dirk Schlobinski; Britta Qualmann
- Book ID
- 113582869
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 906 KB
- Volume
- 90
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0171-9335
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