Quantifying mechanical force in axonal growth and guidance

Mechanical force plays a fundamental role in neuronal development, physiology, and regeneration. In particular, research has shown that force is involved in growth cone-mediated axonal growth and guidance as well as stretch-induced elongation when an organism increases in size after forming initial...

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Main Authors: Ahmad Ibrahim Mahmoud Athamneh, Daniel Marcel Suter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fncel.2015.00359/full