Scientists question a popular theory about how the nervous system trims its branches

Thursday, February 18, 2016 - 12:01 in Health & Medicine

Scientists have long believed axons regulate their own pruning during development. But recent findings have challenged this assumption, and now scientists have proven that axons receive instructions from the cell body when its time to degenerate. More »

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