This is a great time to introduce the three categories of cytoskeletal components: microfilaments, intermediate filaments, and microtubules. Each of these helps maintain cell structure and function ...

The cytoskeleton ... Their functions are primarily mechanical and, as a class, intermediate filaments are less dynamic than actin filaments or microtubules. Intermediate filaments commonly work ...

Acute inactivation of MAP1b in growing sympathetic neurons destabilizes axonal microtubules Tint I, Fischer I, Black M. 2005. Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton 60:48-65 ... Cocaine administration in ...