A minimal hydrodynamic model for a traffic jam in an axon

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-5

  Kuznetsov, A V ^a   Avramenko, A A ^b  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b Department of Modeling of Heat Transfer Processes in Energy and Heat Engineering Facilities   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

DENDRITES (METALLOGRAPHY); FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; LINEAR MOTORS; MOTORS; TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASES; AXONS AND DENDRITES; DOWN SYNDROMES; HIGHWAY TRAFFICS; HYDRODYNAMIC MODELS; INTRACELLULAR ORGANELLES; MACROSCOPIC MODELS; MICROTUBULES; MINIMAL MODELS; MOLECULAR MOTORS; NERVE CELLS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; TRAFFIC JAMS;

NEURONS;

EID: 58149123072     PISSN: 07351933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2008.09.004     Document Type: Article

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