Imaging adhesion and signaling dynamics in Xenopus laevis growth cones

Developmental Neurobiology

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 585-599

  Santiago Medina, Miguel ^a   Myers, Jonathan P ^a,b   Gomez, Timothy M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin; Calcium; Focal adhesion kinase; Rho GTPases; Src

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; CELL ADHESION; CELL MOTILITY; CYTOSKELETON; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GROWTH CONE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETINOTECTAL PROJECTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CELL MOVEMENT; GROWTH CONES; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 84858061991     PISSN: 19328451     EISSN: 10974695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dneu.20886     Document Type: Article

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