Active transport of vesicles in neurons is modulated by mechanical tension

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Ahmed, Wylie W ^a,b   Saif, Taher A ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE TRANSPORT; ANIMAL; APLYSIA; DIFFUSION; MECHANICAL STRESS; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; TRANSPORT VESICLE;

ANIMALS; APLYSIA; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; DIFFUSION; NEURONS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TRANSPORT VESICLES;

EID: 84926453952     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep04481     Document Type: Article

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