Extrinsic mechanical forces mediate retrograde axon extension in a developing neuronal circuit

How neuronal migration and axon growth coordinate during development is only partially understood. Here the authors use quantitative imaging to characterise the morphogenesis of the zebrafish olfactory placode and report an unexpected phenomenon, whereby axons extend through the passive movement of...

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Main Authors: M. A. Breau, I. Bonnet, J. Stoufflet, J. Xie, S. De Castro, S. Schneider-Maunoury
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-08-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00283-3