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During development, each neuron acquires a set of iDentifyinG features by which it can be recognized. These include the position of the cell body, the morphology and distribution of processes, both dentritic and axonal, the connections the neuron makes as well as the presence of transmitters and certain “luxury” molecules. Since in the central nervous system (CNS) no neuron ever develops in isolation, it is important to know to what extent the context in which a neuron develops defines its identifying features and to understand how individual neurons interact to establish the characteristic organization of a particular region. There are a number of approaches which may be adopted to address this question. One which we have found to be particularly advantageous has been to take regions of the developing nervous system out of their natural context, transplant them to anomalous positions, and determine the degree to which they express their normal identity.
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Lund, R.D., Mc Loon, S.C. (1983). Retinal Transplants. In: Wallace, R.B., Das, G.D. (eds) Neural Tissue Transplantation Research. Proceedings in Life Sciences. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-5539-0_5
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