Not Just Neurons: Precision Signaling Architecture Discovered in Non-Neural Cells that Direct Development
This article is archived and only made available for historical reference. If you’d like to discover UCSF’s most recent advances in research, education and patient care, please visit the UCSF News Center. While virtually all cells in an animal’s body communicate with their neighbors in one way or another, many scientists thought that only neurons — the specialized cells that comprise much of the brain and nervous system — produce structures that allow signals to be delivered to specific locations over long distances.
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This article is archived and only made available for historical reference. If you’d like to discover UCSF’s most recent advances in research, education and patient care, please visit the UCSF News Center. Research March 1, 2019 Archive: Not Just Neurons: Precision Signaling Architecture Discovered in Non-Neural Cells that Direct Development Fruit Fly Tissues Communicate in Ways Once Thought to Be Unique to Nervous System By Jason Alvarez Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Reddit Email this article Print this article Fluorescently-labeled glutamate receptors in cytonemes. Credit: Kornberg lab.
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