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Regenerating nerves follow the road more traveled

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An in-vivo imaging study shows that regenerating axons retrace their previous paths after nerve crush, apparently guided by the mechanical properties of endoneurial tubes.

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Figure 1: During outgrowth to their targets, developing axons respond to a number of attractive and repulsive chemical and matrix-bound cues, as well as activity-dependent factors.

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