July 01, 2025
Connect or reject: Extensive rewiring builds binocular vision in the brain
… neurons add and shed synapses at a frenzied pace during development to integrate visual signals from the two eyes. … days in the same live mouse through a critical period of development, to ask, what happens to the synapses or spines … a spine was, the more likely it was to be retained during development.” The researchers also noticed another trend. …

