Microtechnologies for studying the role of mechanics in axon growth and guidance

Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue JULY, 2015, Pages

  Kilinc, Devrim ^a   Blasiak, Agata ^a   Lee, Gil U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Axon towing; Cytoskeleton; Growth cones; Mechanotransduction; Microenvironment

Indexed keywords

NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; FOCAL ADHESION; GROWTH CONE; HUMAN; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MICROENVIRONMENT; MICROTECHNOLOGY; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN MICROARRAY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84940172441     PISSN: 16625102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2015.00282     Document Type: Article

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