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Developing neurons practice for real lifeAs a mouse runs forward across the forest floor, the scenery that it passes flows backwards. Ge et al. show that the developing mouse retina practices in advance for what the eyes must later process…

How astrocytes close a critical periodDuring the visual critical period, brain circuits are rewired to adjust to sensory input. Closure of the critical period stabilizes the circuits. Looking at development in the mouse visual cortex, Ribot…