# Nature Neuroscience: ‘Mechanosensing is critical for axon growth in the developing brain’

**Source**: https://brainmech.ox.ac.uk/news/nature-neuroscience-mechanosensing-is-critical-for-axon-growth-in-the-developing-brain
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19 Sep 2016

# Nature Neuroscience: ‘Mechanosensing is critical for axon growth in the developing brain’

IBMTL member Kristian Franze is one of the authors of a new paper, published in Nature Neuroscience: ‘Mechanosensing is critical for axon growth in the developing brain’. There is some excellent coverage of the article here and here.

[Nature Neuroscience](https://www.nature.com/articles/nn.4394)

[Science News article](https://www.sciencenews.org/article/brain%E2%80%99s-physical-structure-may-help-guide-its-wiring)

[Mindzilla article](https://mindzilla.com/2018/10/26/scicasts-com-is-now-part-of-mindzillas-knowledge-portal/)