Circuit Wiring: Neurite Speed Dating versus Stable Synaptic Matchmaking

Publication date: 21 May 2018
Source:Developmental Cell, Volume 45, Issue 4
Author(s): Heike Blockus, Franck Polleux
Understanding the mechanisms establishing the complex but precise pattern of connectivity characterizing neural circuits remains an immense challenge. In a recent issue of Neuron, Mao and colleagues (2018) provide new insights by showing that the activation kinetics of EphB2, a transmembrane receptor tyrosine kinase, control whether dendritic filopodia makes a synapse with candidate axons.

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Understanding the mechanisms establishing the complex but precise pattern of connectivity characterizing neural circuits remains an immense challenge. In a recent issue of Neuron, Mao and colleagues (2018) provide new insights by showing that the activation kinetics of EphB2, a transmembrane receptor tyrosine kinase, control whether dendritic filopodia makes a synapse with candidate axons.


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