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Nature Reviews Neuroscience 8, 490 (1 July 2007) | doi:10.1038/nrn2185

DSCAM's branching business

Claudia Wiedemann

The need for a neuron to collect and integrate input signals underlies the distinct morphology of its dendritic tree. Although the striking morphological diversity of dendrites has been known since Cajal's days, the molecular basis for the organization of dendritic fields is unresolved.