Stochastic dynamics of the nerve growth cone and its microtubules during neurite outgrowth

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 452-461

  Odde, David J ^a,c   Tanaka, Elly M ^b   Hawkins, Stacy S ^a   Buettner, Helen M ^a  

^a The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Michigan Technological University   (United States)

Author keywords

anticorrelation; cell motility; cytoskeletal dynamics; neurites; time series analysis

Indexed keywords

BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; CELLS; CORRELATION METHODS; DYNAMICS; GROWTH KINETICS; RANDOM PROCESSES; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ANTICORRELATION; CELL MOTILITY; CYTOSKELETAL DYNAMICS; MICROTUBULES; NERVE GROWTH CONE; NEURITE OUTGROWTH; NEURITES;

NEUROLOGY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; EMBRYO; GROWTH CONE; MICROTUBULE; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; STOCHASTIC MODEL; XENOPUS;

EID: 15844396187     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19960520)50:4<452::AID-BIT13>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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