Modeling of the axon membrane skeleton structure and implications for its mechanical properties.

Super-resolution microscopy recently revealed that, unlike the soma and dendrites, the axon membrane skeleton is structured as a series of actin rings connected by spectrin filaments that are held under tension. Currently, the structure-function relationship of the axonal structure is unclear. Here,...

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Main Authors: Yihao Zhang, Krithika Abiraman, He Li, David M Pierce, Anastasios V Tzingounis, George Lykotrafitis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-02-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005407