
Nerve growth factor binds to TrkA receptors on axon terminals, generating a survival signal that is propagated along the axon to the cell body of the neuron. In their Perspective, [Miller and Kaplan][1] discuss exciting new findings ([MacInnis and Campenot][2]) demonstrating that nerve growth factor does not have to be internalized with its receptor for the survival signal to be retrogradely transported along the axon to the neuronal cell body. [1]: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/295/5559/1471 [2]: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/short/295/5559/1536
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