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Tatiana Boiko1, Bettina Winckler.
Abstract
Nakada et al. revisit the controversial question of whether membrane lipids are able to diffuse from the axon of a neuron into the soma. Using single molecule imaging of a fluorescent phospholipid, the authors show that a diffusion barrier in the axon initial segment blocks the diffusion of lipids.Entities:
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Year: 2003 PMID： 12919670 DOI： 10.1016/s1534-5807(03)00240-5
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Dev Cell ISSN： 1534-5807 Impact factor: 12.270