Developing dendrites demonstrate unexpected specificity.
Our knowledge of how developing dendrites attain their mature state is still rudimentary. In this issue of Neuron, Mumm et al. rely on time-lapsed analysis of ingrowing dendrites of retinal ganglion cells in transgenic zebrafish to show that this process is much more specific than has been suspected.
Chalupa
Leo M
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Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, College of Biological Sciences, Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Science, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA.
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