Elimination of Synapses in the Developing Nervous System
- 10 October 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 210 (4466) , 153-157
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.7414326
Abstract
Reduction of the number of axons that contact target cells may be a general feature of neural development. This process may underlie the progressively restricted malleability of the maturing nervous system.This publication has 76 references indexed in Scilit:
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