<p>The structure and functions of the tip of migrating neurons remain elusive. Here, a research group led by Kazunobu Sawamoto, Professor at Nagoya City University and National Institute for Physiological Sciences, and by Chikako Nakajima and Masato Sawada, staff scientists in his laboratory, has elucidated that the PTP&sigma;-expressing growth cone senses the extracellular matrix and drives neuronal migration in the injured brain, leading to functional recovery.</p>

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