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Nature Cell Biology 5, 1047 (1 December 2003) | doi:10.1038/ncb1203-1047

A filopodial synapse?

Jack Horne

The growth cone tip of a developing axon is a motile structure, rich in finger-like filopodial protrusions and specialized for sensing the local environment during axon pathfinding. Now, a study by Sabo and McAllister (Nature Neurosci.