CSHL scientists show in unprecedented detail how cortical nerve cells form synapses with neighbours
Monday, January 3, 2011 - 11:40
in Biology & Nature
Newly published research led by Professor Z. Josh Huang, Ph.D., of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) sheds important new light on how neurones in the developing brain make connections with one another. This activity, called synapse validation, is at the heart of the process by which neural circuits self-assemble, and is directly implicated in pathology that gives rise to devastating neurodevelopmental disorders including autism and schizophrenia...