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News Physiol Sci 5: 215-219, 1990;
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News in Physiological Sciences, Vol 5, 215-219, Copyright © 1990 by International Union of Physiological Sciences

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Blind Axonal Endings and Plasticity in the Mammalian CNS

PJ Snow and P Wilson

Elucidation of axonal branches that lack synaptic boutons suggests need for revision of our basic concept of neuron morphology. In spinal cord, synapse-free axonal endings develop synapses if effective inputs are removed. These endings constitute a substrate that endows mammalian CNS with the potential for spatially limited alterations in connectivity.




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