News tagged with cortical neurons

Scientists find mechanism that constructs key brain structure

Yale University researchers have found a molecular mechanism that allows the proper mixing of neurons during the formation of columns essential for the operation of the cerebral cortex, they report in the ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Discovered key gene for the formation of new neurons

Scientists discovered a gene - called AP2gamma - crucial for the neural development of the visual cortex, in a discovery that can have implications for the therapeutics of neural regeneration as well as provide new clues ...

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created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The fancier the cortex, the smarter the brain?

Why are some people smarter than others? In a new article in Current Directions in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, Eduardo Mercado III from the University at Buffalo, The St ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jul 17, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (12) | comments 11