Axon regeneration: electrical silencing is a condition for regrowth.
A recent study in primary sensory neurons shows that electrical activity--mediated through L-type voltage-gated calcium channels--could suppress axon growth after injury.
Tedeschi
Andrea
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F.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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Zhigang
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D000818:Animals; D001369:Axons; D020746:Calcium Channels, L-Type / Q000502:physiology; D015640:Ion Channel Gating; D012038:Regeneration
D020746:Calcium Channels, L-Type