title: A model for slow axonal transport and its application to neurofilamentous neuropathies.
abstract: A model for slow axonal transport is developed in which the essential features are reversible binding of cytoskeletal elements and of soluble cytosolic proteins to each other and to motile elements such as actin microfilaments. Computer simulation of the equations of the model demonstrate that the model can account for many of the features of the SCa and SCb waves observed in pulse experiments. The model also provides a unified explanation for the increase and decrease of neurofilament transport rates observed in various toxicant-induced neuropathies.
authors: Department of Physiology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.
authors: J J
authors: JJ
authors: Blum
authors: M C
authors: MC
authors: Reed
mesh_terms: D000199:Actins / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001370:Axonal Transport; D001369:Axons / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000503:physiopathology; D003198:Computer Simulation; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D003599:Cytoskeleton / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D007382:Intermediate Filaments / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008959:Models, Neurological; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology; D009474:Neurons / Q000503:physiopathology*
chemical_list: D000199:Actins; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins