A morphological analysis of growth cones of DRG neurons combining Atomic Force and Confocal Microscopy

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 366-377

  Laishram, Jummi ^a   Kondra, Shripad ^a   Avossa, Daniela ^a   Migliorini, Elisa ^c   Lazzarino, Marco ^b,c   Torre, Vincent ^a,d  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

^b CBM Area Science Park   (Italy)

^c LABORATORIO TASC   (Italy)

^d ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

AFM; Cytoskeleton; Growth cone; Holes; Invagination

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; TUBULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILOPODIUM; GROWTH CONE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL GANGLION;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GANGLIA, SPINAL; GROWTH CONES; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

RATTUS;

EID: 70350233289     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2009.09.005     Document Type: Article

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