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How nerve cells end up in the right place

(credit: UC Berkeley)

The human nervous system is a complex network of cells, all working together. The intense specialization of this network starts during development, when cells must talk to each other to carefully coordinate wiring up neural circuitry.

The wiring relies on the neural cells themselves. They have rounded cell bodies surrounded by short spines called dendrites, and longer...

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