The sound of an axon's growth
Subcellular Processes
2019-05-15 v3
Abstract
Axons are linear processes of nerve cells that can range from a few tens of micrometers up to meters in length. In addition to external cues, the length of an axon is also regulated by unknown internal mechanisms. Molecular motors have been suggested to generate oscillations with an axon length-dependent frequency that could be used to measure an axon's extension. Here, we present a mechanism that depends on the spectral decomposition of the oscillatory signal to determine the axon length.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1807.04799,
title = {The sound of an axon's growth},
author = {Frederic Folz and Lukas Wettmann and Giovanna Morigi and Karsten Kruse},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1807.04799},
year = {2019}
}
Comments
5 pages, 4 figures