MeSH Browser

MeSH Heading: Growth Cones
Tree Number(s): A11.284.180.075.249; A11.284.180.225.340; A11.284.180.610.345; A11.671.240.340; A11.671.501.145.375
Unique ID: D020439
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D020439
Scope Note: Bulbous enlargement of the growing tip of nerve axons and dendrites. They are crucial to neuronal development because of their pathfinding ability and their role in synaptogenesis.
Previous Indexing: Axons (1968-1998); Neurites (1991-1998)
See Also: Axon Guidance; Neurites
Public MeSH Note: 99
History Note: 99
Date Established: 1999/01/01
Date of Entry: 1998/06/10
Revision Date: 2022/07/08

Allowable Qualifiers: chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

drug effects (DE)

enzymology (EN)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

transplantation (TR)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Growth Cones MeSH Descriptor Data 2023