Monday, February 4, 2019

A match made in neural heaven: How a neuron grows an axon

While the neural architecture responsible for the transmission of electrical impulses has been known for more than a century, the basic biology behind how a neuron acquires its one and only axon -- a fundamental component of how neurons communicate -- remains a mystery. Now researchers describe the genetic switches that ignite axon formation. Their work focuses on two molecular components.

from Top Health News -- ScienceDaily http://bit.ly/2UAXfpq

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