Effects of substrate geometry on growth cone behavior and axon branching

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1183-1194

  Withers, Ginger S ^a,b   James, Conrad D ^c,d   Kingman, Caroline E ^a   Craighead, Harold G ^c   Banker, Gary A ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WHITMAN COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Cornell University   (United States)

^d SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon branching; Growth cone motility; Growth cone splitting; Microfabrication; Patterned substrate

Indexed keywords

POLYLYSINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MOTILITY; EMBRYO; FILOPODIUM; GEOMETRY; GROWTH CONE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LAMELLIPODIUM; MICROTUBULE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CYTOSKELETON; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GROWTH CONES; NERVE REGENERATION; RATS;

EID: 33748933218     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: 10974695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/neu.20298     Document Type: Article

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