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Volume 6 (2011) - October 2011

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Orthodenticle is necessary for survival of a cluster of clonally related dopaminergic neurons in the Drosophila larval and adult brain

Jorge Blanco, Rahul Pandey, Martin Wasser, Gerald Udolph Neural Development 2011, 6:34 (14 October 2011)

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Type I vs type II spiral ganglion neurons exhibit differential survival and neuritogenesis during cochlear development

Meagan Barclay, Allen F Ryan, Gary D Housley Neural Development 2011, 6:33 (11 October 2011)

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Neural circuit formation in the ear requires selective loss of the spiral ganglion neurons that innervate cochlear hair cells, a process found to be controlled by supply of Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF).