Effect of the width of regions with severed microtubules on transport of organelles down the axon

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 443-448

  Kuznetsov, A V ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Axons and dendrites; Fast axonal transport; Intracellular organelles; Molecular motors; Motor assisted transport; Neurons; Traffic jams; Vesicle traps

Indexed keywords

INTRACELLULAR ORGANELLE; INTRACELLULAR ORGANELLES; MOLECULAR MOTORS; MOTOR-ASSISTED TRANSPORT; TRAFFIC JAMS;

DENDRITES (METALLOGRAPHY); LINEAR MOTORS; TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

NEURONS;

EID: 77951639882     PISSN: 07351933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2009.12.008     Document Type: Article

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