Role of moving growth cone-like ?wave? s
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Ruthel, Gordon ;Banker, Gary
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Article
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1999
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Hippocampal neurons exhibit periodically recurring growth cone-like structures, referred to as "waves," that emerge at the base of neurites and travel distally to the tip. As a wave nears the tip, the neurite undergoes retraction, and when it reaches the tip, the neurite undergoes a burst of growth.