It continues to be weird to me that adult CNS neurons have a single, nonmotile cilium just hanging out, maybe acting as a site for receptor expression. Like a little extra antenna that we all just ignore in our drawings of neurons.
www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Primary Cilia in the Developing and Mature Brain
Primary cilia emerge as key regulators of development, neurogenesis, and signaling
in the mammalian brain. Guemez-Gamboa et al. review the status, genetic basis, potential,
controversies, and unanswer...
