Coupled circumferential and axial tension driven by actin and myosin influences in vivo axon diameter

Mechanism of Axonal Contractility in Embryonic Drosophila Motor Neurons In Vivo

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Decrease in Cell Volume Generates Contractile Forces Driving Dorsal Closure

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Forces driving epithelial wound healing

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Developmental mechanism of the periodic membrane skeleton in axons

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In vitro contraction of cytokinetic ring depends on myosin II but not on actin dynamics

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Mechanical Tension Modulates Local and Global Vesicle Dynamics in Neurons

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Actin, Spectrin, and Associated Proteins Form a Periodic Cytoskeletal Structure in Axons

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Spatial light interference microscopy (SLIM)

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The emerging role of forces in axonal elongation

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Drosophila Neurons Actively Regulate Axonal Tension In Vivo

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Growth and elongation within and along the axon

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Mechanical breaking of microtubules in axons during dynamic stretch injury underlies delayed elasticity, microtubule disassembly, and axon degeneration

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Microtubule assembly, organization and dynamics in axons and dendrites

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Mechanical tension contributes to clustering of neurotransmitter vesicles at presynaptic terminals

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Actin, a Central Player in Cell Shape and Movement

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Glial ensheathment of peripheral axons inDrosophila

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