Brain Researchers Discover Molecule Responsible For Axonal Branching

The human brain consists of about 100 billion neurons, which altogether form about 100 trillion synaptic connections with each other. A crucial mechanism for the generation of this complex wiring pattern is the formation of neuronal branches. Neurobiologists have now discovered a molecule that regulates this vital process. At the same time they have succeeded in elucidating the signaling cascade induced by this molecule.

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