Interaction between axons and specific populations of surrounding cells is indispensable for collateral formation in the mammillary system.

An essential phenomenon during brain development is the extension of long collateral branches by axons. How the local cellular environment contributes to the initial sprouting of these branches in specific points of an axonal shaft remains unclear.The principal mammillary tract (pm) is a landmark ax...

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Main Authors: Nora-Emöke Szabó, Tianyu Zhao, Murat Çankaya, Anastassia Stoykova, Xunlei Zhou, Gonzalo Alvarez-Bolado
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3098884?pdf=render