News tagged with neural development
Cells derived from pluripotent stem cells are developmentally immature
Stem cell researchers at UCLA have discovered that three types of cells derived from human embryonic stem cells and induced pluripotent stem cells are similar to each other, but are much more developmentally immature than ...
Aug 17, 2011 |
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What decides neural stem cell fate?
Researchers at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute and their collaborators found that expression of a gene called SOX2 maintains the potential for neural crest stem cells to become neurons in the peripheral nervous ...
May 05, 2011 |
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Frog embryo research leads to new understanding of cardiac development
During embryonic development, cells migrate to their eventual location in the adult body plan and begin to differentiate into specific cell types. Thanks to new research at the University of Pennsylvania, ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 22, 2011 |
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New model of whiskers provides insight into sense of touch
Researchers at Northwestern University have developed a model that will allow them to simulate how rats use their whiskers to sense objects around them. The model enables further research that may provide insight into the ...
Apr 07, 2011 |
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Molecular mechanism contributing to neuronal circuit formation found
German scientists at Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen have discovered how sensory and motor fibers interact during development of neuronal circuits in the limbs: Both types of nerve fibers can guide this process. With this finding, ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 07, 2011 |
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Scientists show universality in the brain evolution
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have uncovered a self-organizing biological principle in the brains of three very different, genetically diverse mammals -- but in all three they found the same mathematically precise ...
Nov 04, 2010 |
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New insights into the development of epithelial cells
Scientists of the Max Delbruck Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) Berlin-Buch and the Experimental and Clinical Research Center (ECRC) of MDC and Charite in Berlin-Buch have gained new insights into the development of epithelial ...
Oct 29, 2010 |
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Several studies support the role of choline in fetal development and throughout the lifespan
A study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that a choline-deficient diet is associated with increased risk for heart defects during prenatal development.1 Choline is an essential nutrient required ...
Jul 15, 2010 |
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Researchers find that 2 proteins are key for normal-sized brains
In work that may one day correct or prevent genetic conditions tied to smaller-than-normal brains and shed light on the evolution of human head size, researchers at MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory analyzed ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
May 12, 2010 |
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'Relaxation' a critical step in vertebrate brain development
(PhysOrg.com) -- Normal vertebrate brain ventricle formation relies upon the stretchiness or "relaxation" of the neuroepithelium, which is regulated by the motor protein myosin. This process was discovered ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 12, 2010 |
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Mouse model may provide insight into the schizophrenic brain
Schizophrenia is an incredibly complex and profoundly debilitating disorder that typically manifests in early adulthood but is thought to arise, at least in part, from pathological disturbances occurring during very early ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Feb 24, 2010 |
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Potential new target for drugs to treat iron deficiency and overload discovered
The discovery of a major player in the body's regulation of iron levels should provide a new target for drugs that prevent common iron deficiency as well as rare, potentially deadly iron overload, researchers ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 28, 2010 |
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New findings may shed light on brain and spinal cord birth defects
New research, published by Cell Press in the January 19th issue of the journal Developmental Cell, provides intriguing insight into how the nervous system forms during very early embryonic development. The study sheds light ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 19, 2010 |
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Researchers identify protein needed to develop auditory neurons
Loss of spiral ganglion neurons or hair cells in the inner ear is the leading cause of congenital and acquired hearing impairment. Researchers at the University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine and the National ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jan 12, 2010 |
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Sleeping Beauty hooks up with herpes to fight brain disease
Neuroscientists have forged an unlikely molecular union as part of their fight against diseases of the brain and nervous system.
Jan 08, 2010 |
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