filopodium
Americannoun
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filopodia
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This allowed them to measure electrical activity at individual filopodia while simulating the release of glutamate.
From Science Daily ● May 6, 2026
To test whether these filopodia function as silent synapses, the researchers used a modified patch clamping technique.
From Science Daily ● May 6, 2026
HIV also takes advantage of tunneling nanotubes to move between cells, and the Marburg virus triggers the growth of filopodia.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 20, 2022
“If you can manipulate enzymes that are responsible for this filopodia or nanotube formation, this could be a way to maybe have an effect on long COVID,” Krogan says.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 20, 2022
Chan, C. E. & Odde, D. J. Traction dynamics of filopodia on compliant substrates.
From Nature ● Dec. 5, 2017
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