Tension as a regulator and integrator of axonal growth

Mechanochemical switching between growth and differentiation during fibroblast growth factor-stimulated angiogenesis in vitro: role of extracellular matrix.

1989 • 877 citations

Mechanosensitive ion channels

1990 • 721 citations

Axonal growth in response to experimentally applied mechanical tension

1984 • 368 citations

Tension and compression in the cytoskeleton of PC-12 neurites. II: Quantitative measurements.

1988 • 288 citations

Direct evidence that growth cones pull

1989 • 287 citations

The cytomechanics of axonal elongation and retraction.

1989 • 262 citations

Mechanical tension produced by nerve cells in tissue culture

1979 • 254 citations

Stages in axon formation: observations of growth of Aplysia axons in culture using video-enhanced contrast-differential interference contrast microscopy.

1986 • 235 citations

Cytoplasmic structure in rapid-frozen axons.

1982 • 229 citations

Tension and compression in the cytoskeleton of PC 12 neurites.

1985 • 224 citations

Direct observation of steady-state microtubule dynamics.

1986 • 139 citations

Growth cone configuration and advance: a time-lapse study using video- enhanced differential interference contrast microscopy

1988 • 128 citations

Tension and Compression as Basic Determinants of Cell Form and Function: Utilization of a Cellular Tensegrity Mechanism

1989 • 114 citations

A thermodynamic model for force integration and microtubule assembly during axonal elongation

1988 • 80 citations

Morphogenetic rearrangement of injected collagen in developing chicken limb buds.

1985 • 78 citations

Flexural rigidity of singlet microtubules estimated from statistical analysis of their contour lengths and end-to-end distances

1983 • 77 citations

Opposing microtubule- and actin-dependent forces in the development and maintenance of structural polarity in retinal photoreceptors

1989 • 65 citations

Extracellular matrix allows PC12 neurite elongation in the absence of microtubules.

1990 • 60 citations

Cell-cell recognition in multicellular assembly: levels of specificity.

1978 • 58 citations

The regulation of nerve fiber length by intercalated elongation and retraction

1985 • 17 citations