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This is an image of a hippocampal growth cone- you can see the end changing shape as the actin is broken down and reconstructed so it can move through space towards other neurons.  Growth cones are the part of the neuron (from the axon which has to make connections) that grow outward to seek out other neurons and make those connections.  You can read more about them in this post. This image is property of the McNeil lab at Baylor.

This is an image of a hippocampal growth cone- you can see the end changing shape as the actin is broken down and reconstructed so it can move through space towards other neurons.  Growth cones are the part of the neuron (from the axon which has to make connections) that grow outward to seek out other neurons and make those connections.  You can read more about them in this post.

This image is property of the McNeil lab at Baylor.

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