Modeling the slowing of neurofilament transport along the mouse sciatic nerve

Physical Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Jung, P ^a   Brown, A ^b  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; FLUORESCENCE; IN VIVO STUDY; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIATIC NERVE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; METABOLISM; MOUSE; TIME; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELLS, CULTURED; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENTS; MICE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; SCIATIC NERVE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70350703405     PISSN: 14783967     EISSN: 14783975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1478-3975/6/4/046002     Document Type: Article

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