Clarke Jon
Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom.
Curr Biol. 2007 Mar 6;17(5):R176-8. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.01.013.
In the developing vertebrate brain, newly born neurons migrate away from the proliferative zones. A new paper suggests that the initial phase of this migration may be propelled by the mechanical properties of the new neurons' processes rather than more conventional mechanisms of cell migration.
