title: Axon pruning: C. elegans makes the cut.
abstract: Axon pruning has recently been described in the simple nervous system of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Generating excess processes and pruning may be a phylogenetically conserved feature reflecting a flexibility to modify neural circuits.
authors.affiliation: UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Department of Pathology, Piscataway, NJ 08854-5635, USA. william.wadsworth@umdnj.edu
authors.forename: William G
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Wadsworth
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001369:Axons / Q000502:physiology*; D017173:Caenorhabditis elegans / Q000196:embryology* / Q000254:growth & development; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D007814:Larva / Q000254:growth & development; D008959:Models, Neurological; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D014157:Transcription Factors