Axonal Growth and Targeting

  • Duncan Mortimer
  • Hugh D. Simpson
  • Geoffrey J. Goodhill
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Abstract

The growth and guidance of axons is an undertaking of both great complexity and great precision, involving processes at a range of length and time scales. Correct axonal guidance involves directing the tips of individual axons and their branches, interactions between branches of a single axon, and interactions between axons of different neurons. In this chapter, we describe examples of models operating at and between each of these scales.

Keywords

Growth Cone Axon Guidance Tubulin Concentration Molecular Label Axon Interaction 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Duncan Mortimer
    • 1
  • Hugh D. Simpson
    • 2
  • Geoffrey J. Goodhill
    • 3
  1. 1.Electronics and Computer Science, Faculty of Physical and Applied SciencesUniversity of SouthamptonSouthamptonUK
  2. 2.The Queensland Brain InstituteThe University of QueenslandBrisbaneAustralia
  3. 3.The School of Mathematics and Physics, The Queensland Brain InstituteThe University of QueenslandBrisbaneAustralia

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