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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-8-11
pubmed:abstractText
It has been recognized since the very early studies on the cytology of vertebrate nervous systems that neurons produce two fundamentally different types of neurite, the axon and the dendrite. Contemporary studies using electron microscopy have defined in detail the many structural differences between axons and dendrites. Perhaps the best known of these differences concerns ribosomes and Golgi elements, which are present in dendrites, but are absent from axons. In this article, we present a possible explanation for this compartmentalization which is based on current understanding of organelle transport in cells and our recent demonstration of a fundamental difference in the organization of the microtubule-based transport systems that convey organelles into the axon or into the dendrite.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0166-2236
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
12
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
211-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
The basis of polarity in neurons.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Review