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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… 
National Institutes of Health

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Axon
Axon GuidanceMicrobiologicalNeuritesNeurogenesis

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Review
2001
Review
2001
Emerging roles for semaphorins in neural regeneration
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Actin dynamics in growth cones
The mechanism of actin incorporation and turnover in the nerve growth cone was examined by immunoelectron microscopy and low… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Calcium hotspots caused by L-channel clustering promote morphological changes in neuronal growth cones
THE increase in intracellular Ca2+concentration ([Ca2+]i) that follows electrical activity in excitable cells influences various… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Spatial distribution of calcium channels and cytosolic calcium transients in growth cones and cell bodies of sympathetic neurons.
Ca2+ imaging and single-channel recording were used to study the regulation of cytosolic free Ca2+ ([Ca2+]i) in local regions of… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Suppression of nerve growth factor-directed neurite outgrowth in PC12 cells by sphingosine, an inhibitor of protein kinase C.
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Cyclic AMP induces changes in distribution and transport of organelles within growth cones of Aplysia bag cell neurons
This report examines cAMP-induced regulation of directed organelle transport in bag cell neuron growth cones using video-enhanced… 
Review
1985
Review
1985
Protein kinase C activation leading to protein F1 phosphorylation may regulate synaptic plasticity by presynaptic terminal growth.
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Pathfinding by neuronal growth cones in grasshopper embryos. I. Divergent choices made by the growth cones of sibling neurons
We are interested in how the growth cones of identified neurons navigate in the central nervous system of the grasshopper embryo… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Membrane properties and selective connexions of identified leech neurones in culture
1. Individual, identified neurones, dissected from the central nervous system of the leech and maintained in culture for several… 
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Axon initiation by ciliary neurons in culture.
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