Assembly of a new growth cone after axotomy: The precursor to axon regeneration

Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 183-193

  Bradke, Frank ^a   Fawcett, James W ^b   Spira, Micha E ^c  

^a GERMAN CENTER FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES DZNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; MESSENGER RNA;

CELL MEMBRANE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CYTOSKELETON; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; AXONS; AXOTOMY; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CYTOSKELETON; GROWTH CONES; NERVE REGENERATION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84857371961     PISSN: 1471003X     EISSN: 14710048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrn3176     Document Type: Review

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