Growth cones as soft and weak force generators

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 33, 2011, Pages 13420-13425

  Betz, Timo ^a,b   Koch, Daniel ^a   Lu, Yun Bi ^a   Franze, Kristian ^a   Käs, Josef A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

Elasticity; Mechanics; Motility; Neuron; Scanning force microscopy

Indexed keywords

ACTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MOTILITY; CELL STRESS; CYTOSKELETON; ELASTICITY; FORCE; GROWTH CONE; LAMELLIPODIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAXATION TIME; TRACTION FORCE; VISCOELASTICITY; YOUNG MODULUS;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CYTOSKELETON; ELASTICITY; GROWTH CONES; HUMANS; NEUROGENESIS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 80052020632     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1106145108     Document Type: Article

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