Mechanical computation in neurons

Developmental Neurobiology

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 731-751

  Laishram, Jummi ^a   Avossa, Daniela ^a   Shahapure, Rajesh ^a   Torre, Vincent ^a,b  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Growth cone exploration; Growth cone motion; Mechanical computation; Obstacle avoidance; Obstacle removal

Indexed keywords

ADULTHOOD; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL MOTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FILOPODIUM; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GROWTH CONE; HIPPOCAMPUS; KINETICS; LAMELLIPODIUM; LIFESPAN; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY SYSTEM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; CELLS, CULTURED; GANGLIA, SPINAL; GROWTH CONES; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KINETICS; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PC12 CELLS; PSEUDOPODIA; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 69849110331     PISSN: 19328451     EISSN: 10974695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dneu.20733     Document Type: Article

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