Neuronal connectivity: bis repetita placent

Curr Biol. 2003 Apr 1;13(7):R264-6. doi: 10.1016/s0960-9822(03)00196-9.

Abstract

The mechanism that allows a sensory neuron to extend its terminal branches along the appropriate fascicle within the CNS turns out to be the same as that which positioned the fascicle earlier on, and the gene that controls this position is the same as that which determined the neuron's identity.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Axons / physiology
  • Central Nervous System / growth & development*
  • Central Nervous System / physiology*
  • Drosophila / genetics
  • Drosophila / physiology*
  • Drosophila Proteins
  • Larva / physiology
  • Neurons, Afferent / physiology*
  • Receptors, Immunologic / genetics

Substances

  • Drosophila Proteins
  • Receptors, Immunologic
  • robo3 protein, Drosophila