Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In neural., the principal process or axis-cylinder process of a nerve-cell; a neuraxon: opposed to dendrite.

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  • noun neuroanatomy Any projection from the body of a neuron; either a dendrite or an axon

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Examples

  • Long sympathetic neurons and sensory neurons, with particular reference to those of the dorsomedial quadrant of spinal ganglia in chick embryo [12], provided a most valuable system for demonstrating the three main activities of NGF, i.e., 1) its vital trophic role during the early developmental stages, 2) its property of enhancing differentiative processes such as neurite outgrowth, and 3) of guiding the growing or regenerating neurites along its own concentration gradient. [

    Nobel Lecture The Nerve Growth Factor: Thirty-Five Years Later 1986

  • I would get the same response if I tried to submit my neurite outgrowth paper to Journal of Molecular Biology.

    Make The Leap - The Panda's Thumb 2005

  • I would get the same response if I tried to submit my neurite outgrowth paper to Journal of Molecular Biology.

    Make The Leap - The Panda's Thumb 2005

  • The 'priming model' prospected to give a molecular account for the very fast and very slow onset of neurite outgrowth occurring, respectively, in sensory and sympathetic cells [24] on the one hand and PC12 cells on the other [50], is an excellent example of the contribution of these latter cells to studies on the mode of action of NGF.

    Nobel Lecture The Nerve Growth Factor: Thirty-Five Years Later 1986

  • In the reproductive tract, NGF could participate in fertilization mechanisms by cytoskeletal mediated activation of spermatozoa locomotion much in the same way as in neurite outgrowth, or by favoring egg implantation, via inhibition of rejection through the immune system.

    Nobel Lecture The Nerve Growth Factor: Thirty-Five Years Later 1986

  • Ishizaki T, Watanabe N, Uehata M, Kranenburg O, et al. (1998) Molecular dissection of the Rho-associated protein kinase (p160ROCK) - regulated neurite remodeling in neuroblastoma N1E-115 cells.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Tzu-Ching Chang et al. 2010

  • Activated ROCK induces neurite retraction [5] while selective ROCK inhibitor, Y-27632, as well as ROCK dominant negative mutants promote neurite formation

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Tzu-Ching Chang et al. 2010

  • Rhee, J. - S. and Brose, N. Regulation of Rap2A by the ubiquitin ligase N.dd4-1 controls neurite development in cortical neurons.

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2010

  • Tixier E, Coulet F, Roussel S, Petit E, et al. (2007) Crosstalk between HIF-1 and ROCK pathways in neuronal differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells, neurospheres and in PC12 neurite outgrowth.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Tzu-Ching Chang et al. 2010

  • Y-27632 rescues collagen-induced arrest of neurite sprouting and elongation in cultured rat neurons

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Tzu-Ching Chang et al. 2010

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