Effect of vesicle traps on traffic jam formation in fast axonal transport

Mathematical Biosciences

Volumn 226, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 147-155

  Kuznetsov, A V ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Axons and dendrites; Intracellular organelles; Molecular motors; Neurons; Traffic jams; Vesicle traps

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION OF; INTRACELLULAR ORGANELLE; INTRACELLULAR ORGANELLES; MECHANICAL DAMAGES; MICROTUBULES; MOLECULAR MOTORS; ORGANELLE TRANSPORT; TRAFFIC JAMS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENDRITES (METALLOGRAPHY); LINEAR MOTORS; TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

NEURONS;

BIOLOGY; CELL ORGANELLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; MEMBRANE VESICLE; MICROTUBULE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; SIMULATION; VELOCITY;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; AXONS; HUMANS; KINETICS; MICROTUBULES; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; ORGANELLES;

EID: 77954143232     PISSN: 00255564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mbs.2010.05.003     Document Type: Article

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