Astrocytes play a key role in Drosophila mushroom body axon pruning.

Axon pruning is an evolutionarily conserved strategy used to remodel neuronal connections during development. The Drosophila mushroom body (MB) undergoes neuronal remodeling in a highly stereotypical and tightly regulated manner, however many open questions remain. Although it has been previously sh...

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Main Authors: Yaniv Hakim, Shiri P Yaniv, Oren Schuldiner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3897647?pdf=render