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A new code for axons

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Figure 1: Guiding axons across the midline of the central nervous system.
Figure 2: How axons choose their pathway either side of the midline. This model is suggested by two new papers3,4.

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Tear, G. A new code for axons. Nature 409, 472–473 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/35054178

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