A new chemotaxis assay shows the extreme sensitivity of axons to molecular gradients

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 678-682

  Rosoff, William J ^a   Urbach, Jeffrey S ^b   Esrick, Mark A ^b   McAllister, Ryan G ^b   Richards, Linda J ^c   Goodhill, Geoffrey J ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN GEL; LIGAND;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CELL MIGRATION; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CHEMOTAXIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); MOLECULE; MORPHOGENESIS; NERVE FIBER; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSOR;

ANIMALS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; AXONS; CHEMOTAXIS; GANGLIA, SPINAL; GROWTH CONES; RATS;

EID: 2542436791     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn1259     Document Type: Article

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