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Growth Cones

Known as: Growth Cone 
Bulbous enlargement of the growing tip of nerve axons and dendrites. They are crucial to neuronal development because of their pathfinding ability… Expand
National Institutes of Health

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Axon
Axon GuidanceMicrobiologicalNeuritesNeurogenesis
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Review
2018
Review
2018
Understanding axon guidance: are we nearly there yet?
ABSTRACT During nervous system development, neurons extend axons to reach their targets and form functional circuits. The faulty… Expand
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Review
2017
Review
2017
Actin-based growth cone motility and guidance
Nerve growth cones, the dilated tip of developing axons, are equipped with exquisite abilities to sense environmental cues and to… Expand
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Review
2009
Review
2009
The trip of the tip: understanding the growth cone machinery
The central component in the road trip of axon guidance is the growth cone, a dynamic structure that is located at the tip of the… Expand
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Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Chemotropic Responses of Retinal Growth Cones Mediated by Rapid Local Protein Synthesis and Degradation
Growth cones contain mRNAs, translation machinery, and, as we report here, protein degradation machinery. We show that isolated… Expand
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Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
cAMP-induced switching in turning direction of nerve growth cones
Development of the nervous system depends on the correct pathfinding and target recognition by the growing tip of an axon, the… Expand
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Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
cAMP-Dependent Growth Cone Guidance by Netrin-1
Netrin-1 is known to function as a chemoattractant for several classes of developing axons and as a chemorepellent for other… Expand
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Review
1996
Review
1996
Molecular Biology of Axon Guidance
I am very grateful to all the participants for helpful comments and suggestions. I would like to thank D. Wilkinson, J. Lerma, M… Expand
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Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Collapsin: A protein in brain that induces the collapse and paralysis of neuronal growth cones
Repulsive guidance cues can steer neuronal growth cones during development and prevent mature axons from regenerating. We have… Expand
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Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
The semaphorin genes encode a family of transmembrane and secreted growth cone guidance molecules
In addition to its expression on subsets of axons, grasshopper Semaphorin I (Sema I, previously called Fasciclin [Fas] IV) is… Expand
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Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Actions of cytochalasins on the organization of actin filaments and microtubules in a neuronal growth cone
Actions of cytochalasin B (CB) on cytoskeletons and motility of growth cones from cultured Aplysia neurons were studied using a… Expand
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