RT Book, Section
A1 Kandel, Eric R.
A1 Koester, John D.
A1 Mack, Sarah H.
A1 Siegelbaum, Steven A.
SR Print(0)
ID 1180645200
T1 The Growth and Guidance of Axons
T2 Principles of Neural Science, 6e
YR 2021
FD 2021
PB McGraw Hill
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259642234
LK accessbiomedicalscience.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1180645200
RD 2024/04/18
AB IN  THE  TWO  PRECEDING  CHAPTERS,  we  saw  how  neurons  are  generated  in  appropriate  numbers,  at  correct  times,  and  in  the  right  places.  These  early  developmental  steps  set  the  stage  for  later  events  that  direct  neurons  to  form  functional  connections  with  target  cells.  To  form  connections,  neurons  have  to  extend  long  processes—axons  and  dendrites—which  permit  connectivity  with  postsynaptic  cells  and  synaptic  input  from  other  neurons.  In  this  chapter,  we  examine  how  neurons  elaborate  axons  and  dendrites  and  how  axons  are  guided  to  their  targets.