title: Axon regeneration: electrical silencing is a condition for regrowth.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: F.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tedeschi
authors.forename: Zhigang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: He
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001369:Axons; D020746:Calcium Channels, L-Type / Q000502:physiology; D015640:Ion Channel Gating; D012038:Regeneration
chemical_list: D020746:Calcium Channels, L-Type