A macroscopic model of traffic jams in axons

Mathematical Biosciences

Volumn 218, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 142-152

  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

AXONS AND DENDRITES; INTRACELLULAR ORGANELLES; MOLECULAR MOTORS; MOTOR-ASSISTED TRANSPORT; TRAFFIC JAMS;

DENDRITES (METALLOGRAPHY); FLUID DYNAMICS; LINEAR MOTORS; MOTORS; RATE CONSTANTS; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRAFFIC SURVEYS;

NEURONS;

CELL ORGANELLE; MODELING; NERVOUS SYSTEM;

AXONAL TRANSPORT; HUMANS; MICROTUBULES; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ORGANELLES;

EID: 62249115658     PISSN: 00255564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mbs.2009.01.005     Document Type: Article

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