Brain Wiring in the Fourth Dimension.
basic_science · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.cell.2015.06.040 and PMC identifier 5142609.
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Abstract
In this issue of Cell, Langen et al. use time-lapse multiphoton microscopy to show how Drosophila photoreceptor growth cones find their targets. Based on the observed dynamics, they develop a simple developmental algorithm recapitulating the highly complex connectivity pattern of these neurons, suggesting a basic framework for establishing wiring specificity.
Medical subject headings
- Axons
- Compound Eye, Arthropod
- Computer Simulation
- Drosophila
- Photoreceptor Cells, Invertebrate