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Neuronal (bi)polarity as a self-organized process enhanced by growing membrane.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2011
Menchón Silvia A, Gärtner Annette, Román Pablo, Dotti Carlos G
Abstract excerpt
Early in vitro and recent in vivo studies demonstrated that neuronal polarization occurs by the sequential formation of two oppositely located neurites. This early bipolar phenotype is of crucial relevance in brain organization, determining neuronal migration and brain layering. It is currently considered that the place of formation of the first neurite is dictated by extrinsic cues, through the induction of...
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