Local regulation of neurofilament transport by myelinating cells

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2979-2988

  Monsma, Paula C ^a   Li, Yinyun ^b   Daniel Fenn, J ^a   Jung, Peter ^b   Brown, Anthony ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Axonal transport; Cell culture; Cytoskeleton; Fluorescence microscopy; Myelination; Neurofilament

Indexed keywords

AXONAL TRANSPORT; CELL CULTURE; CYTOSKELETON; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MYELINATION; NEUROFILAMENT;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; AXONS; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; GANGLIA, SPINAL; GLYCOLYSIS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; KINETICS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MYELIN SHEATH; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; PREGNANCY; RATS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 84894029810     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4502-13.2014     Document Type: Article

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