Like poles repel; molecular mechanisms of dendritic tiling.
To cover the entire sensory field once and only once, dendrites of some sensory system neurons avoid crossing other dendrites from the same type of neurons. In this issue of Cell, provide first insight into the molecular mechanisms of dendritic tiling.
Chihara
Takahiro
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Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
Luo
Liqun
L
D000818:Animals; D048430:Cell Shape; D003712:Dendrites / Q000378:metabolism*; D008959:Models, Neurological; D009475:Neurons, Afferent / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology