Comparison of the Force Exerted by Hippocampal and DRG Growth Cones

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Amin, Ladan ^a   Ercolini, Erika ^a,b   Ban, Jelena ^a   Torre, Vincent ^a,c  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

^b Cluster in Biomedicine (CBM)   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILOPODIUM; GROWTH CONE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LAMELLIPODIUM; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEURITE; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; RAT; SPINAL GANGLION;

ANIMALS; GANGLIA, SPINAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; NEURONS; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 84882728978     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0073025     Document Type: Article

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