Can structure predict function in the human brain?

CJ Honey, JP Thivierge, O Sporns - Neuroimage, 2010 - Elsevier
Over the past decade, scientific interest in the properties of large-scale spontaneous neural
dynamics has intensified. Concurrently, novel technologies have been developed for …

Wiring the brain: the biology of neuronal guidance

A Chédotal, LJ Richards - Cold Spring Harbor …, 2010 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
The mammalian brain is the most complex organ in the body. It controls all aspects of our
bodily functions and interprets the world around us through our senses. It defines us as …

Bayesian fundamentalism or enlightenment? On the explanatory status and theoretical contributions of Bayesian models of cognition

M Jones, BC Love - Behavioral and brain sciences, 2011 - cambridge.org
The prominence of Bayesian modeling of cognition has increased recently largely because
of mathematical advances in specifying and deriving predictions from complex probabilistic …

External and internal constraints on eukaryotic chemotaxis

D Fuller, W Chen, M Adler… - Proceedings of the …, 2010 - National Acad Sciences
Chemotaxis, the chemically guided movement of cells, plays an important role in several
biological processes including cancer, wound healing, and embryogenesis. Chemotacting …

Using theoretical models to analyse neural development

A Van Ooyen - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2011 - nature.com
The development of the nervous system is an extremely complex and dynamic process.
Through the continuous interplay of genetic information and changing intra-and extracellular …

Cell polarity: quantitative modeling as a tool in cell biology

A Mogilner, J Allard, R Wollman - Science, 2012 - science.org
Among a number of innovative approaches that have modernized cell biology, modeling has
a prominent yet unusual place. One popular view is that we progress linearly, from …

Promoting cell migration and neurite extension along uniaxially aligned nanofibers with biomacromolecular particles in a density gradient

J Xue, T Wu, J Qiu, S Rutledge… - Advanced functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
A simple method based upon masked electrospray is reported for directly generating both
unidirectional and bidirectional density gradients of biomacromolecular particles on …

The E3 ubiquitin ligase TRIM9 is a filopodia off switch required for netrin-dependent axon guidance

S Menon, NP Boyer, CC Winkle, LM McClain… - Developmental cell, 2015 - cell.com
Neuronal growth cone filopodia contain guidance receptors and contribute to axon
guidance; however, the mechanism by which the guidance cue netrin increases filopodia …

Noncovalent bonding of RGD and YIGSR to an electrospun poly (ε‐caprolactone) conduit through peptide self‐assembly to synergistically promote sciatic nerve …

L Zhu, K Wang, T Ma, L Huang, B Xia… - Advanced …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The nerve conduit with biofunctionalities can regulate neurite outgrowth, as well as the
migration, proliferation, and myelination activity of Schwann cells. In the present study …

Potential of zinc oxide-graphene quantum dots and zinc oxide-nitrogen-doped graphene quantum dot nanocomposites as neurotrophic agents

A Raghavan, C Tripathy, M Radhakrishnan… - ACS Applied Bio …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Over the past few decades, zinc oxide nanoparticles have also proven to be essential to a
variety of scientific research sectors, including antimicrobial therapy, tissue engineering …