BioOne.org will be down briefly for maintenance on 17 December 2024 between 18:00-22:00 Pacific Time US. We apologize for any inconvenience.
How to translate text using browser tools
1 August 2001 Mechanosensitive Membrane Traffic and an Optimal Strategy for Volume and Surface Area Regulation in CNS Neurons
Catherine E. Morris
Author Affiliations +
Abstract

Extrapolating from a body of work on isolated neurons, a model is suggested for how central nervous system (CNS) neurons in situ may handle local swelling and shrinking perturbations so as to interfere minimally with the primary role of neurons, synaptic information processing. The strategy used for osmoregulatory membrane adjustments may first come into play during ontogeny, when it could provide membrane tension sensitive membrane trafficking in arborized neurons subjected to morphogenetic forces.

Catherine E. Morris "Mechanosensitive Membrane Traffic and an Optimal Strategy for Volume and Surface Area Regulation in CNS Neurons," American Zoologist 41(4), 721-727, (1 August 2001). https://doi.org/10.1668/0003-1569(2001)041[0721:MMTAAO]2.0.CO;2
Published: 1 August 2001
JOURNAL ARTICLE
7 PAGES

This article is only available to subscribers.
It is not available for individual sale.
+ SAVE TO MY LIBRARY

RIGHTS & PERMISSIONS
Get copyright permission
Back to Top