Axon tension regulates fasciculation/defasciculation through the control of axon shaft zippering
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Axon tension regulates fasciculation/defasciculation through the control of axon shaft zippering
While axon fasciculation plays a key role in the development of neural networks, very little is known about its dynamics and the underlying biophysical mechanisms. In a model system composed of neurons grown ex vivo from explants of embryonic mouse olfactory epithelia, we observed that axons dynamically interact with each other through their shafts, leading to zippering and unzippering behavior...
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عنوان ژورنال: eLife
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2050-084X
DOI: 10.7554/elife.19907