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Programmed Cell Death in the Developing Nervous System
1 Oct 1996
Abstract excerpt
Virtually all cell populations in the vertebrate nervous system undergo massive "naturally-occurring" or "programmed" cell death (PCD) early in development. Initially neurons and glia are overproduced followed by the demise of approximately one-half of the original cell population. In this review we highlight current hypotheses regarding how large-scale PCD contributes to the construction of the developing...
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