Mechanical tension can specify axonal fate in hippocampal neurons

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 159, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 499-508

  Lamoureux, Phillip ^a   Ruthel, Gordon ^b,c   Buxbaum, Robert E ^a   Heidemann, Steven R ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Axons; Biomechanics; Cell polarity; Developmental biology; Hippocampus

Indexed keywords

MARKER;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH CONE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MECHANICAL STRESS; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEURITE; NONHUMAN; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL DIVISION; CELL POLARITY; CELL SIZE; CELL SURFACE EXTENSIONS; CELLS, CULTURED; GROWTH CONES; HIPPOCAMPUS; MECHANICS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROTUBULES; NEURONS; RATS; TAU PROTEINS; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; HIPPOCAMPUS HIPPOCAMPUS;

EID: 0037064613     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200207174     Document Type: Article

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