Slow Axonal Transport

Encyclopedia of Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1-9

  Brown, A ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin; Axon; Axonal transport; Cytoskeleton; Dynein; Kinesin; Microfilament; Microtubule; Neurofilament; Tubulin

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855368436     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-008045046-9.02000-3     Document Type: Chapter

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