title: Dendritic patterning: three-dimensional position determines dendritic avoidance capability.
abstract: Neurons develop mutually exclusive dendritic domains through self-avoidance and tiling mechanisms. Two recent studies establish that this process is dependent on the restriction of dendrites to a two-dimensional plane through interactions with the extracellular matrix.
authors.affiliation: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA.
authors.forename: Peri T
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Kurshan
authors.forename: Kang
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019521:Body Patterning / Q000502:physiology; D003712:Dendrites / Q000502:physiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D004330:Drosophila / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005109:Extracellular Matrix / Q000502:physiology; D008959:Models, Neurological; D055495:Neurogenesis / Q000502:physiology; D011984:Sensory Receptor Cells / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure