For a Long Time There Was a Dogma in the Field

question 9

Essay

For a long time there was a dogma in the field that axons and their terminal cannot synthesize proteins. There is a lot of evidence that this is not correct and that local protein translation occurs in axon, growth cones and synapse. Explain why axonal transport is not always sufficient to deliver proteins to the sites where they are needed.

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Definitions:

Population

A group of individuals, objects, or events that share common characteristics and are studied in statistics to draw inferences about their properties.

Sample

A subset of individuals or objects taken from the population of interest, used for statistical analysis.

Simple Random Sampling

A sampling method where each member of a population has an equal probability of being selected into the sample.

Sample Mean

The sample mean is the average value of a sample of data, calculated by summing all data points and dividing by the number of points.