A critical reevaluation of the stationary axonal cytoskeleton hypothesis

Cytoskeleton

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-11

  Brown, Anthony ^a   Jung, Peter ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Axonal transport; Cytoskeleton; Neurofilament; Neuron

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; NEUROFILAMENT M PROTEIN; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; POLYMER; TUBULIN;

ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TRANSPORT; CROSS LINKING; CYTOSKELETON; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; MICROTUBULE; MOTONEURON; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PEPTIDE MAPPING; PHRENIC NERVE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SCIATIC NERVE; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CYTOSKELETON; HUMANS; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; OPTIC NERVE;

EID: 84872595572     PISSN: 19493584     EISSN: 19493592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cm.21083     Document Type: Article

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