...Nicolas Snaidero; Mikael Simons ABSTRACT The myelin sheath is a plasma membrane extension that is laid down in regularly spaced segments along axons of the nervous system. This process involves extensive changes in oligodendrocyte cell shape and membrane architecture. In this Cell Science...

... morphology. Neuroepithelial cells in the developing brain were more concentrated and more proliferative in the ventricular zone than normal; axon formation was also impaired. Embryonic fibroblasts cultured on fibronectin from E14.5 ( Spna2 −/− ) animals displayed impaired growth and spreading, a spiky...

...F. Lafont; M. Rouget; A. Rousselet; C. Valenza; A. Prochiantz ABSTRACT Several factors can influence the development of axons and dendrites in vitro. Some of these factors modify the adhesion of neurons to their substratum. We have previously shown that the threshold of neuron-substratum adhesion...

... is at present controversial. Another significant feature of these proteins is that several of them are differentially distributed within the neuronal cytoplasm; for example, some forms of MAP2 are selectively located in dendrites while in many situations MAP tau is limited to axons. In the case of MAP2...