Axon-soma communication in neuronal injury

Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 32-42

  Rishal, Ida ^a   Fainzilber, Mike ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; KARYOPHERIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MOLECULAR MOTOR; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE;

AXON SOMA COMMUNICATION; CYTOPLASM; EUKARYOTIC CELL; HUMAN; NERVE CELL LESION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE INJURY; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOCYTOPLASMIC TRANSPORT; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 84890980878     PISSN: 1471003X     EISSN: 14710048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrn3609     Document Type: Review

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