Substrate Deformation Predicts Neuronal Growth Cone Advance
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Controlling Growth Cone Behavior through Substrate Patterning
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عنوان ژورنال: Biophysical Journal
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0006-3495
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2015.08.013