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Boundary cap cells of the dorsal root ganglia were thought to be limited to a structural role regulating migration into or out of the neural tube. Now a study in this issue reports that they are progenitors of small-diameter nociceptive neurons.

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Figure 1: Sensory neurogenesis in the dorsal root ganglion.

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  1. Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the Departments of Internal Medicine and Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 48109-0934, Michigan, USA

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Mosher, J., Morrison, S. Crossing the boundaries of sensory neurogenesis. Nat Neurosci 7, 900–902 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/nn0904-900

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