Calcium signals evoked by neuronal activity play an important role in dendritic development and establishment of neuronal circuit connectivity. A new study demonstrates a link between activity-dependent dendritic development and AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK)-dependent mitochondrial homeostasis in rodent hippocampus. We caught up with first author Akane Hatsuda and corresponding author Mineko Kengaku, Professor at Kyoto University.
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