Competitive exclusion between axons dependent on a single trophic substance: A mathematical analysis

Mathematical Biosciences

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 23-54

  Jeanpretre N ^a   Clarke, P G H ^a   Gabriel, J P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NERVE GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC GANGLION; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; INNERVATION; INTERNALIZATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MUSCLE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE GROWTH; NEUROTROPISM; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; RECEPTOR BINDING;

EID: 0343526167     PISSN: 00255564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0025-5564(95)00134-4     Document Type: Article

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