The Secretory Pathway and Neuron Polarization

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 18 Oct 2006 English Publisher:Society for NeuroscienceJournal:The Journal of Neuroscience, volume 26, pages 10,631-10,632 (issn: 0270-6474, eissn: 1529-2401,

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Authors: Bing, Ye; Ye W, Zhang; Lily Yeh, Jan; Yuh Nung, Jan;

doi: 10.1523/jneurosci.3271-06.2006

pmid: 17050701

pmc: PMC6674765

The Secretory Pathway and Neuron Polarization

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Abstract

The growth of dendrites and axons is accompanied by an enormous increase in cell surface area. A cultured hippocampal neuron that has grown for 7 d in vitro can have ∼250 μm of dendrites and 3000 μm of axons. Assuming that the diameters of both dendrites and axons are ∼1 μm [a reasonable

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Howard Hughes Medical Institute
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Keywords

Neurons, Animals, Cell Polarity, Humans, Signal Transduction

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