There are several reasons why nobody before Shatz had found genes coding for MHCI in normal neurons. (discovermagazine.com)
Researchers are learning whether normal neuron behavior depends on the ability to produce an essential neurotransmitter. (hhmi.org)
Indeed they found that NHE6 mutant cells, if given extra BDNF, produced axon and dendrite growth and branching that was more like normal neurons. (news.brown.edu)