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TRANSLATING THE LANGUAGE OF PHEROMONES

When animals meet, how do they distinguish friend from foe? Such determinations must be made quickly, since any delay could mean a missed opportunity, but also accurately, since…

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CORRELATED NEURAL ACTIVITY DICTATES CHANGES IN VISUAL INFORMATION PROCESSING

Young sensory systems often utilize stimuli present in the environment during development to refine information processing. These processes work to optimize the system for the encoding of future…

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AXON BRANCH REMOVAL AT DEVELOPING SYNAPSES BY AXOSOME SHEDDING

View Movies and Figures A 360° view of a segregated neuromuscular junction (muscle surface is shown in red). The animation provides a closeup of the green bulb-tipped axon…

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