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Nature 406, 841-843 (24 August 2000) | doi:10.1038/35022694

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Neurobiology: Frazzled precision guides axons

Roman J. Giger1 & Alex L. Kolodkin1

A functional nervous system depends on an intricate, finely tuned network of neuronal connections. During development, axons and dendrites, the specialized projections of a neuron, extend from the neuronal cell body over what are often long distances to establish contact with their targets.

  1. Roman J. Giger and Alex L. Kolodkin are in the Department of Neuroscience, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 725 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA.

Correspondence to: Alex L. Kolodkin1 e-mail: Email: kolodkin@jhmi.edu