The mechanical control of nervous system development

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 140, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 3069-3077

  Franze, Kristian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain folding; Force; Mechanics; Mechanosensitivity; Mechanotaxis; Mechanotransduction; Stiffness; Tension

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CRK ASSOCIATED SUBSTRATE PROTEIN; F ACTIN; FOCAL ADHESION KINASE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; INTEGRIN; NANOPARTICLE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 4,5 BISPHOSPHATE; VINCULIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; AUTISM; BASAL GANGLION; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN TISSUE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CAVEOLA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SIZE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHEMICAL CUE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DROSOPHILA; ENERGY TRANSFER; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FOCAL ADHESION; GLIA CELL; GRAY MATTER; GROWTH CONE; HYDROGEL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LASER SURGERY; MECHANICAL STRESS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; MICRONEEDLE; MICROPIPETTE; MICROSCOPY; MIXED CELL CULTURE; MOUSE MUTANT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; OPTICAL STRETCHER; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; PHENOTYPE; PRIMORDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RECEPTOR POTENTIAL; RIGIDITY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHWANN CELL; SECOND MESSENGER; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPINAL GANGLION; STRESS; STRIATE CORTEX; SUBVENTRICULAR ZONE; SYNAPTOSOME; TENSION; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; VISCOELASTICITY; VISCOSITY; WHITE MATTER; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME; YOUNG MODULUS; ZEBRA FISH;

BRAIN FOLDING; FORCE; MECHANICS; MECHANOSENSITIVITY; MECHANOTAXIS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; STIFFNESS; TENSION;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; BRAIN; CELL MOVEMENT; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NEUROGENESIS;

EID: 84880275966     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.079145     Document Type: Article

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