The establishment of peripheral sensory arbors in the leech: In vivo time-lapse studies reveal a highly dynamic process

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 2408-2419

  Wang, Huajun ^a   Macagno, Eduarde R ^a  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

axon outgrowth; dynamic instability; Hirudo medicinalis; time lapse imaging; topological order; video microscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; IMAGING; LEECH; MORPHOGENESIS; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIDEORECORDER;

EID: 0030898825     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-07-02408.1997     Document Type: Article

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