Sculpted by competition

Ole Petter Ottersen ()
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Ole Petter Ottersen: the Centre for Molecular Biology and Neuroscience, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Domus Medica (Sognsvannsveien 9), University of Oslo

Nature, 2005, vol. 434, issue 7036, 969-969

Abstract: Neuronal competition helps connections to form in the brain: the branches of less active neurons are more likely to retract — and, it now seems, less likely to grow — than those of their more active neighbours.

Date: 2005
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