title: The declaration of independence of the neurovascular intimacy.
abstract: In this issue of Neuron, Oh and Gu (2013) present a model in which intimately related embryonic nerves and blood vessels are patterned independently in response to different guidance cues from a central organizer: the whisker.
authors.affiliation: Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, IBDM UMR 7288, 13288 Marseille, France.
authors.forename: Sophie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chauvet
authors.forename: Fanny
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mann
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001808:Blood Vessels / Q000502:physiology*; D019521:Body Patterning / Q000502:physiology*; D011984:Sensory Receptor Cells / Q000502:physiology*; D014738:Vibrissae / Q000294:innervation* / Q000502:physiology*