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Nature Neuroscience  7, 7 - 8 (2004)
doi:10.1038/nn0104-7

Developing neurons make the switch

Anthony N van den Pol

Anthony van den Pol is at the Department of Neurosurgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA. anthony.vandenpol@yale.edu

During development, the auditory system shifts from one amino acid transmitter to another, a process that may be critical for sound localization. A new study suggests this shift can occur at single synaptic terminals—possibly even at single vesicles.

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