Effect of diffusion on slowing the velocity of a bell-shaped wave in slow axonal transport

International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 770-774

  Kuznetsov, A V ^a   Avramenko, A A ^b   Blinov, D G ^b  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b National academy of sciences of Ukraine   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Axons; Molecular motors; Motor assisted transport; Neurons; Slow axonal transport; Stop and go hypothesis

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSIVITIES; EFFECTIVE VELOCITY; MICROTUBULES; MOLECULAR MOTORS; MOTOR-ASSISTED TRANSPORT; PAPER MODELS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION (PDF); RAPID MOVEMENTS; RATE OF CHANGE; SHORT PERIODS; STOP-AND-GO; TRANSPORT MODELS;

BELLS; DIFFUSION; LINEAR MOTORS; NEURONS; VELOCITY;

PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

EID: 77955274252     PISSN: 07351933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2010.05.010     Document Type: Article

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