Development & connectivity / Version 4
Cell Growth Laboratory
Watch a neuron explore, extend, branch, and retract.
Microscopy evidence → Microscopy views show the solved morphology with approximate contrast. Moving tips, side buds, and traveling actin-associated signals come from the model. Contrast and intracellular texture are illustrative; Mechanics shows the collision envelopes. Playback smooths between computed frames; pause shows the completed solver state.
Measurements from the simulated morphology
Observe what changes.
Axon & dendrite development
Lengths sum retained segments, so retraction can reduce a trace. Curves follow the current run, including its developmental lag.
Population state
Two different developmental programs
Axons favor persistent, directed extension and contact alignment. Dendrites build local arbors through branching, exploration, self-avoidance and retraction. Their lengths and branch structures are measured separately.
Read the growth rules →Starting points