Circadian Clocks: Structural Plasticity on the Input Side.

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Institut des Neurosciences Paris-Saclay, Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France.

Published: August 2020


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Key Drosophila clock neurons remodel their axonal arborization on a daily basis. The current view is that remodelling is part of the control of clock neuron output but new data support a major role in modulating sensory inputs.

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