Accumulating Evidence for Axonal Translation in Neuronal Homeostasis

The specialized structure of the neuron requires that homeostasis is sustained over the meter or more that may separate a cell body from its axonal terminus. Given this impressive distance and an axonal volume that is many times that of the cell body, how is such a compartment grown during developme...

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Main Authors: Emily L. Spaulding, Robert W. Burgess
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnins.2017.00312/full