Stretch-grown axons retain the ability to transmit active electrical signals

FEBS Letters

Volumn 580, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 3525-3531

  Pfister, Bryan J ^a,b   Bonislawski, David P ^c   Smith, Douglas H ^b   Cohen, Akiva S ^b,c  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Action potential; Axon growth; Nervous system growth; Potassium channel; Sodium channel

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EMBRYO; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRETCHING; UPREGULATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AXONS; CELLS, CULTURED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; RATS; SODIUM CHANNELS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33646920373     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2006.05.030     Document Type: Article

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