A comparison between the diffusion-reaction and slow axonal transport models for predicting tau distribution along an axon

Mathematical Medicine and Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 263-283

  Kuznetsov, I A ^a   Kuznetsov, A V ^b  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytical solution; Diffusion reaction model; Slow axonal transport model; Tau protein

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODELS; CYTOLOGY; EQUATIONS OF STATE; FORECASTING; KINETICS; REACTION RATES;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT; DIFFUSION-REACTION; DIFFUSION-REACTION MODEL; KINETICS RATES; MICROTUBULES; MODEL PREDICTION; SLOW AXONAL TRANSPORT MODEL; SLOW AXONAL TRANSPORTS; TAU PROTEINS; TRANSPORT MODELLING;

DIFFUSION;

TAU PROTEIN;

AXON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; KINETICS; METABOLISM; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; PHYSIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AXONAL TRANSPORT; AXONS; HUMANS; KINETICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; TAU PROTEINS;

EID: 84941279595     PISSN: 14778599     EISSN: 14778602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/imammb/dqu003     Document Type: Article

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