The biophysics of neuronal growth

Reports on Progress in Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Franze, Kristian ^a,b   Guck, Jochen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 78149237998     PISSN: 00344885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0034-4885/73/9/094601     Document Type: Article

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