Neural development: The role of spontaneous activity

Richard A Baines¹, Matthias Landgraf²

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¹ Division of Neuroscience and Experimental Psychology, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester M13 9PL, UK. Electronic address: Richard.Baines@manchester.ac.uk.
² Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EJ, UK.

PMID: 34875237
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.10.026

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Neural development: The role of spontaneous activity

Richard A Baines et al. Curr Biol. 2021.

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. 2021 Dec 6;31(23):R1513-R1515.

doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.10.026.

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Richard A Baines¹, Matthias Landgraf²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Neuroscience and Experimental Psychology, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester M13 9PL, UK. Electronic address: Richard.Baines@manchester.ac.uk.
² Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EJ, UK.

PMID: 34875237
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.10.026

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Developing nervous systems exhibit spontaneous activity. Two new studies identify the instructive influence such activity has on the formation of functionally appropriate circuits.

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