Finding Elusive Factors That Help Wire Up Brain
Finding Elusive Factors That Help Wire Up Brain
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The researchers have christened the factors netrin-1 and netrin-2, after the Sanskrit word for "one who guides." Their work confirms predictions made in 1892, when the legendary neurobiologist Santiago Ramon y Cajal proposed that axons find their way to their destinations like bloodhounds on a leash, basically sniffing chemicals in their environmen...
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Finding Elusive Factors That Help Wire Up Brain
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