Abstract Chemotaxis, the directional motility of cells in response to spatial gradients chemical cues, is a fundamental process behind wide range biological events, including innate immune and cancer metastasis. Recent advances cell biology have shown that protrusions enable amoeboid move are driven by stochastic threshold crossings an underlying excitable system. As encounters chemoattractant ...

The branching behaviors of both dendrites and axons are part of a neuronal maturation process initiated by the generation of small and transient membrane protrusions. These are highly dynamic, actin-enriched structures, collectively called filopodia, which can mature in neurons to form stable branches. Consequently, the generation of filopodia protrusions is crucial during the formation of neur...