Localized collapsing cues can steer growth cones without inducing their full collapse

Collapsin: A protein in brain that induces the collapse and paralysis of neuronal growth cones

1993 • 1,146 citations

The rate of actin-based motility of intracellular Listeria monocytogenes equals the rate of actin polymerization

1992 • 533 citations

Characterization of the turning response of dorsal root neurites toward nerve growth factor.

1980 • 487 citations

Avoidance of posterior tectal membranes by temporal retinal axons

1987 • 370 citations

Fasciclin IV: Sequence, expression, and function during growth cone guidance in the grasshopper embryo

1992 • 369 citations

Development of topographic order in the mammalian retinocollicular projection

1992 • 360 citations

Neuronal Cytomechanics: The Actin-Based Motility of Growth Cones

1988 • 331 citations

Isolation from chick somites of a glycoprotein fraction that causes collapse of dorsal root ganglion growth cones

1990 • 286 citations

Oligodendrocytes arrest neurite growth by contact inhibition

1990 • 285 citations

Collapse of growth cone structure on contact with specific neurites in culture

1987 • 284 citations

The enrichment of a neuronal growth cone collapsing activity from embryonic chick brain

1990 • 279 citations

Inaccuracies in initial growth and arborization of chick retinotectal axons followed by course corrections and axon remodeling to develop topographic order

1989 • 273 citations

Role of Intracellular Calcium in NI-35-Evoked Collapse of Neuronal Growth Cones

1993 • 271 citations

Pioneer growth cone steering decisions mediated by single filopodial contacts in situ

1990 • 268 citations

The organization of F-actin and microtubules in growth cones exposed to a brain-derived collapsing factor.

1993 • 262 citations

A sensory role for neuronal growth cone filopodia

1993 • 223 citations

Axonal guidance in the chick visual system: Posterior tectal membanes induce collapse of growth cones from the temporal retina

1990 • 208 citations

Retinal axon pathfinding in the optic chiasm: Divergence of crossed and uncrossed fibers

1990 • 201 citations

Chemorepulsion of axons in the developing mammalian central nervous system

1993 • 180 citations

Growth cone behavior and production of traction force.

1990 • 166 citations

Dynamic changes in optic fiber terminal arbors lead to retinotopic map formation: An in vivo confocal microscopic study

1990 • 162 citations

Novel form of growth cone motility involving site-directed actin filament assembly

1992 • 156 citations

Oligodendrocytes repel axons and cause axonal growth cone collapse

1989 • 128 citations

Interactions between growth cones and neurites growing from different neural tissues in culture

1987 • 124 citations

Time-lapse video analysis of retinal ganglion cell axon pathfinding at the mammalian optic chiasm: Growth cone guidance using intrinsic chiasm cues

1993 • 118 citations

Specific routing of retinal ganglion cell axons at the mammalian optic chiasm during embryonic development

1990 • 102 citations

Subunit treadmilling of microtubules or actin in the presence of cellular barriers: possible conversion of chemical free energy into mechanical work.

1982 • 101 citations

Growth cone dynamics during the migration of an identified commissural growth cone

1993 • 99 citations

Electrical fields, nerve growth and nerve regeneration

1991 • 99 citations

How do retinal axons find their targets on the tectum?

1984 • 98 citations

Differential reaction of crossing and non-crossing rat retinal axons on cell membrane preparations from the chiasm midline: an in vitro study

1993 • 89 citations

Normal branching, induced branching, and steering of cultured parasympathetic motor neurons

1978 • 89 citations

Contact-mediated mechanisms of motor axon segmentation

1993 • 86 citations

Dynamic aspects of retinotectal map formation revealed by a vital-dye fiber-tracing technique

1986 • 75 citations

Axonal guidance by an avoidance mechanism.

1990 • 68 citations

Mode of growth of retinal axons within the tectum of Xenopus tadpoles, and implications in the ordered neuronal connection between the retina and the tectum

1987 • 66 citations

Polymerization of actin. VI. The polarity of the actin filaments in the acrosomal process and how it might be determined.

1979 • 64 citations

Temporal retinal growth cones collapse on contact with nasal retinal axons

1990 • 61 citations

Chemoattractant stimulation of polymorphonuclear leucocyte locomotion.

1990 • 48 citations

Analysis of the formation of parallel arrays by BHK cells in vitro

1978 • 32 citations

Growth cones of chick sympathetic preganglionic neurons in vitro interact with other neurons in a cell-specific manner

1990 • 28 citations

Behavior of fish retinal growth cones encountering chick caudal tectal membranes: A time‐lapse study on growthcone collapse

1993 • 28 citations

Pathways of Retinotectal Projection in Developing Xenopus Tadpoles Revealed by Selectively Labeling of Retinal Axons with Horseradish Peroxidase (HRP)

1984 • 18 citations