In vivo regulation of axon extension and pathfinding by growth-cone calcium transients

Nature

Volumn 397, Issue 6717, 1999, Pages 350-355

  Gomez, Timothy M ^a   Spitzer, Nicholas C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH CONE; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURITE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SPINAL CORD; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CALCIUM; CELL DIVISION; CELL MOVEMENT; EGTAZIC ACID; GROWTH CONES; NEURONS; SPINAL CORD; XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033611497     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/16927     Document Type: Article

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