Jaime Alvarez and the case against slow axoplasmic transport: some epistemological reflections

dc.creatorSERANI-MERLO,ALEJANDRO
dc.date2001-01-01
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dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/379337
dc.descriptionThe 'slow axoplasmic transport theory' has been the prevailing view over the last forty years in order to explain the metabolic maintenance of neuronal axons and nerve endings. A significant amount of evidence against this theoretic interpretation of the existing experimental data has been presented by J. Alvarez, A. Giuditta and E. Koenig in an exhaustive review. They propose an alternative theoretical interpretation called the 'local synthesis model', integrating recent evidence for axon biology and regeneration. We present some epistemological considerations that reinforce the above criticisms and propositions.
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dc.languageen
dc.publisherSociedad de Biología de Chile
dc.sourceBiological Research v.34 n.2 2001
dc.subjectaxon biology
dc.subjectbiological epistemology
dc.subjectneuron
dc.subjectslow axonal transport
dc.titleJaime Alvarez and the case against slow axoplasmic transport: some epistemological reflections
dc.typeArtículos de revistas


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