Guidepost cells
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Guidepost cells are cells which assist in the subcellular organization of both neural axon growth and migration.[1] These cells are typically other, sometimes immature, neurons and glial cells.[2]
Identification
Many types of cells serve as guidepost cells. Guidepost cells are identified by their singular importance in axon guidance of other cells.[3] To qualify as a guidepost cell, neurons hypothesized to be influenced by the guidance cell are examined during development with the guidance cell in question present and missing (either by destroying the cell or through gene knockout).[citation needed]
See also
- Nerve fiber
- Nerve
- Neuron
- Dendrite
- Synapse
- Axon guidance
- Pioneer axon
- Electrophysiology
- Neural cell adhesion molecule
References
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- ↑ Colón-Ramos DA, Shen K, 2008 Cellular Conductors: Glial Cells as Guideposts during Neural Circuit Development. PLoS Biol 6(4): e112. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060112
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