title: Selective remodeling: refining neural connectivity at the neuromuscular junction.
abstract: A primer on new research by Fuentes-Medel and colleagues explains the important role of non-neural cells in clearing neural debris, which is continuously produced during the normal remodeling processes that establish and maintain neural connectivity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurobiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA. wschung@stanford.edu
authors.forename: Won-Suk
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: Ben A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Barres
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004330:Drosophila / Q000166:cytology / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism; D029721:Drosophila Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D007814:Larva / Q000166:cytology / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D018613:Microscopy, Confocal; D009132:Muscles / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology; D009457:Neuroglia / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology; D009469:Neuromuscular Junction / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism; D017729:Presynaptic Terminals / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013569:Synapses / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D009435:Synaptic Transmission
chemical_list: D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; C495322:drpr protein, Drosophila
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