Abstract:Chemical gradients and physical contact with the surrounding microenvironment play an important role in regulating axonal pathfinding. Traditional experiments for chemically-induced growth coneturning in vitro involve micropipettes filled with a guidance-cue solution. The localized chemical gradient generated through gravity-induced or pulsatile pressure application is used to evaluate the response of a single growth cone to the guidance-cue solution. Thus, the micropipette growth coneturning assay has intrins… Show more
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