Effect of protein degradation in the axon on the speed of the bell-shaped concentration wave in slow axonal transport

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 641-645

  Kuznetsov, A V ^a   Avramenko, A A ^b   Blinov, D G ^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; Enzymes; Molecular motors; Motor assisted transport; Neurons; Protein degradation; Slow axonal transport; Traffic jams

Indexed keywords

AXONS; MOLECULAR MOTORS; MOTOR-ASSISTED TRANSPORT; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SLOW AXONAL TRANSPORT; TRAFFIC JAMS;

BELLS; CATALYSTS; ENZYMES; LINEAR MOTORS; MOTORS; NEURONS; TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

DEGRADATION;

EID: 67649085835     PISSN: 07351933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2009.04.002     Document Type: Article

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