Author response: The membrane periodic skeleton is an actomyosin network that regulates axonal diameter and conduction
Year: 2020
Type: peer-review
Abstract: The axonal cytoskeletal contains an actomyosin-II network that controls circumferential axonal contraction and expansion with the potential of regulating fluctuations in diameter during action potential firing, trafficking, and degeneration.
Institutions: Universidade do Porto, i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Albel Salazar, Johns Hopkins University, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Stowers Institute for Medical Research, International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Language: English
Subfield: Cell Biology
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: gold
OpenAlex ID: W3015177619