The emerging role of forces in axonal elongation

Progress in Neurobiology

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 91-101

  Suter, Daniel M ^a,b   Miller, Kyle E ^c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin; Axon; Axonal elongation; Axonal growth; Axonal transport; Biophysics; Cytoskeleton; Force; Growth cone; Mechanotransduction; Microtubules; Myosin; Neuron; Neuronal; Slow axonal transport

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; MYOSIN;

APLYSIA; CHICKEN; CYTOSKELETON; DROSOPHILA; FORCE; GROWTH CONE; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MICROTUBULE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE ELONGATION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL SHAPE; CYTOSKELETON; GROWTH CONES; HUMANS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 79955774312     PISSN: 03010082     EISSN: 18735118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2011.04.002     Document Type: Review

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