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Finding Elusive Factors That Help Wire Up Brain

Finding Elusive Factors That Help Wire Up Brain

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Finding Elusive Factors That Help Wire Up Brain

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Finding Elusive Factors That Help Wire Up Brain

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New York, N.Y: New York Times Company

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The New York times, 1994-08-16

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English

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New York, N.Y: New York Times Company

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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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TN_cdi_proquest_newspapers_429849894

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0362-4331

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