Neuronal differentiation and synapse formation in the space-time with temporal fractal dimension

Synapse

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 567-572

  Molski, Marcin ^a   Konarski, Jerzy ^a  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Fractal dimension; Fractal space time; Gompertzian growth; Neuronal differentiation; Synapse formation

Indexed keywords

RETINOIC ACID;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL FUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; EMBRYO CELL; EMBRYONAL CARCINOMA; FRACTAL SPACE TIME; GOMPERTZ FUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOTHESIS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PARAMETRIC TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SYNAPSE; TEMPORAL SUMMATION; TUMOR GROWTH;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; FRACTALS; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; STEM CELLS; SYNAPSES; TIME FACTORS; TRETINOIN; TUMOR STEM CELLS;

EID: 33750487836     PISSN: 08874476     EISSN: 10982396     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/syn.20333     Document Type: Article

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