title: Synaptic Suppression of Axon Regeneration.
abstract: In this issue of Neuron, Tedeschi et al. (2016) describe the voltage-gated calcium channel subunit alpha2delta2 as a developmental switch from axon elongation to synapse formation and transmission that doubles as a suppressor of axon regeneration, providing a molecular clue for the synaptic stabilization hypothesis of CNS regeneration failure.
authors.affiliation: Neurosciences Graduate Program and Department of Neurosciences, University of California San Diego, School of Medicine, 9500 Gilman Drive, MC 0691, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
authors.forename: Jessica M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Meves
authors.affiliation: Neurosciences Graduate Program and Department of Neurosciences, University of California San Diego, School of Medicine, 9500 Gilman Drive, MC 0691, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA. Electronic address: binhai@ucsd.edu.
authors.forename: Binhai
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zheng
mesh_terms: D001369:Axons; D006801:Humans; D055495:Neurogenesis; D009474:Neurons; D012038:Regeneration