Building stable chains with motile agents: Insights into the morphology of enteric neural crest cell migration

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 276, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 250-268

  Landman, Kerry A ^a   Fernando, Anthony E ^a   Zhang, Dongcheng ^b   Newgreen, Donald F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Axons; Cell migration; Cellular automata; Enteric nervous system; Network formation

Indexed keywords

MITOMYCIN C;

CELL ORGANELLE; CELLULAR AUTOMATON; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MORPHOLOGY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CELL DENSITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MOTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FOWL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTESTINE INNERVATION; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FIBER; NEURAL CREST CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BLOOD VESSELS; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL SHAPE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURAL CREST;

AVES;

EID: 79953091024     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2011.01.043     Document Type: Article

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