Repeated imaging of the same individual neuron for over a year in mice allows the authors of a new study in this issue to show that presynaptic axon terminals become progressively more stable as the animals age, changing little after 6 to 12 months.
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Denk, W. You can't teach a middle-aged ganglion new tricks. Nat Neurosci 6, 908–909 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/nn0903-908
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