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. 2012 Mar 20;22(6):R192-4.
doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.02.017.

Dendritic patterning: three-dimensional position determines dendritic avoidance capability

Peri T Kurshan  1 , Kang Shen
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Dendritic patterning: three-dimensional position determines dendritic avoidance capability

Peri T Kurshan et al. Curr Biol. .

Abstract

Neurons develop mutually exclusive dendritic domains through self-avoidance and tiling mechanisms. Two recent studies establish that this process is dependent on the restriction of dendrites to a two-dimensional plane through interactions with the extracellular matrix.

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