How Cortical Nerve Cells Form Synapses With Neighbors Shown In Unprecedented Detail
Thursday, Jan. 27th 2011 6:16 PM
Newly published research led by Professor Z. Josh Huang, Ph.D., of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) sheds important new light on how neurons in the developing brain make connections with one another.
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