Stretch growth of integrated axon tracts: Extremes and exploitations

Progress in Neurobiology

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 231-239

  Smith, Douglas H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon; Axonal growth; Brain machine interface; Nervous system development; Neuron cytomechanics; Peripheral nerve injury; Spinal cord injury; Stretch growth; White matter development

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID;

GANGLIONECTOMY; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STRESS; MORPHOGENESIS; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE SPROUTING; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; SENSORY STIMULATION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SYNAPTOGENESIS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALS; AXONS; GROWTH CONES; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEURONS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 70350340041     PISSN: 03010082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2009.07.006     Document Type: Review

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