Second Career For Growth Factor Receptor: Keeping Nerve Axons On Target
Tuesday, September 23, 2008 - 20:28
in Biology & Nature
Neurons constituting the optic nerve wire up to the brain in a highly dynamic way. Using the mouse visual system, scientists have identified an unanticipated factor that helps keep retinal axons from going astray.
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