Neuronal Polarity: Establishment and Maintenance

• Main Author: Froylan Calderon de Anda (auth)
• Other Authors: Annette Gaertner (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2018
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Neurosciences; neuronal migration; neuronal polarity; dendrites; neurogenesis; axon
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The term polarity in a biological context is used to describe an asymmetry in morphology and distribution of molecules. In neurons, their complex shape with typically one axon and several dendrites reflects this asymmetry. Although neurons assume many different shapes and sizes they always maintain...