Atlas One · Host Biology · Scale 05 — Tissue

Axonal Transport

Bidirectional movement of cargoes along axonal microtubule tracks; kinesin drives anterograde delivery (synaptic vesicles, mitochondria) and dynein drives retrograde return (trophic signals, damaged organelles). Disrupted in Alzheimer's, ALS, and Huntington's.

Also known as: axoplasmic transport, fast axonal transport, slow axonal transport

Scale 05 — TissueScale
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Axonal Transport

Bidirectional movement of cargoes along axonal microtubule tracks; kinesin drives anterograde delivery (synaptic vesicles, mitochondria) and dynein drives retrograde return (trophic signals, damaged organelles). Disrupted in Alzheimer's, ALS, and Huntington's.