Contribution of cytoskeletal elements to the axonal mechanical properties

Journal of Biological Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Ouyang, Hui ^a   Nauman, Eric ^a,b,c   Shi, Riyi ^a,b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscope; Axon; Cytoskeleton; Elastic modulus

Indexed keywords

ACRYLAMIDE; CYTOCHALASIN D; NOCODAZOLE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CELL DISRUPTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CHICK EMBRYO; CYTOSKELETON; DORSAL ROOT; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MICROFILAMENT; MICROTUBULE; NERVE FIBER; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPATHETIC GANGLION; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 84883305513     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17541611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1754-1611-7-21     Document Type: Article

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