Modeling traffic jams in intracellular transport in axons

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 51, Issue 23-24, 2008, Pages 5695-5699

  Kuznetsov, A V ^a   Hooman, K ^b  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Axons and dendrites; Intracellular organelles; Molecular motors; Motor assisted transport; Neurons; Traffic jams

Indexed keywords

CYTOLOGY; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; LEAD; LINEAR MOTORS; NEURONS; RATE CONSTANTS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

AXONS AND DENDRITES; INTRACELLULAR ORGANELLES; INTRACELLULAR PARTICLES; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; KINESIN; KINETIC PROCESSES; MICROTUBULES; MOLECULAR MOTORS; MOTOR-ASSISTED TRANSPORT; NEURO-DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; TRAFFIC JAMS; TRANSPORT EQUATIONS;

MOTORS;

EID: 53049096552     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2008.04.022     Document Type: Article

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