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Right place at the right time

A puzzle of systems neuroscience, how the CNS encodes time intersects with a question that fascinates developmental biologists, the elimination of synaptic connections.

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Figure 1: Time difference analysis in the gerbil brain stem.

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Figure 2: Inhibitory glycinergic terminals are initially found on both the MSO soma and dendrites in juvenile animals.

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Sanes, D. Right place at the right time. Nat Neurosci 5, 187–188 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/nn0302-187

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