Nervous system development: New piece of puzzle discovered

Thursday, July 14, 2011 - 08:30 in Biology & Nature

Researchers in Canada recently uncovered a new piece of the puzzle of how the human nervous system develops. The researchers studied the development of motor neuron axons growing into limb muscles. They noticed that in this motor system, the ligands (called ephrins) are present in the same neuron as receptors (called Ephs).

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