News tagged with neuronal regeneration
Rescue services at the cellular level: How stem cells help brain to regain its functions after stroke
(PhysOrg.com) -- The aim of regenerative medicine is to repair or replace malfunctioning cells, tissues, and even organs. Stem cells, the multi-taskers and jacks-of-all-trades that can regenerate themselves ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Sep 28, 2010 |
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Targeted molecules play only minor role in axon repair
Neuroscientists at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have found that removing three key inhibitory molecules from myelin - the insulating material that surrounds nerve cell fibers - does not significantly ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jun 09, 2010 |
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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 ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Sep 14, 2009 |
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Neuronal survival and axonal regrowth obtained in vitro
While repair of the central nervous system has long been considered impossible, French researchers from Inserm, the CNRS and the UPMC have just developed a strategy that could promote neuronal regeneration after injury. The ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jul 24, 2009 |
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Zebrafish offer clues to treatments for motor neurone disease
Tiny zebrafish could hold the key to stem cell treatments for motor neurone disease.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 29, 2009 |
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Researchers regenerate axons necessary for voluntary movement
For the first time, researchers have clearly shown regeneration of a critical type of nerve fiber that travels between the brain and the spinal cord and which is required for voluntary movement. The regeneration was accomplished ...
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Apr 06, 2009 |
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Scientists propose new theory of autism
Scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have proposed a sweeping new theory of autism that suggests that the brains of people with autism are structurally normal but dysregulated, meaning symptoms ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 01, 2009 |
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