Axon pruning: C. elegans makes the cut.
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.
Wadsworth
William G
WG
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Department of Pathology, Piscataway, NJ 08854-5635, USA. william.wadsworth@umdnj.edu
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
D014157:Transcription Factors