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·March 24, 2021·5 min read

How Humans Develop Larger Brains Than Other Apes

Using brain organoid models, researchers have identified how the brain grows much larger and has three times as many neurons, as the brains of chimpanzees and gorillas.

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·April 15, 2020·4 min read

When damaged, the adult brain repairs itself by going back to the beginning

Mouse models of corticospinal injuries reveal adult neurons begin a natural regeneration process by reverting back to an embryonic state. The regeneration is sustained with the help of a gene more commonly associated with Huntington's disease.

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·January 30, 2020·4 min read

Study links rapid brain growth in autism to DNA damage

Neural progenitor cells generated from skin cell samples of people on the autism spectrum had heightened levels of DNA damage. The damage clustered in 36 of the same genes which had also been damaged in healthy cells exposed to replication stress. Twenty of the genes have previously been linked to the development of autism.

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·July 2, 2019·5 min read

The neuroscience of autism: New clues for how condition begins

A mutation of the Memo1 gene results in the disruption of radial glial cell scaffold, causing misplaced and disorganized layers. The mutation may be responsible for brain development abnormalities associated with autism.

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·April 24, 2017·5 min read

Discovery Offers New Hope For Spinal Cord Injury Repair

V2a interneurons could potentially repair spinal cord injuries, researchers report.

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·April 20, 2017·3 min read

Study Overturns Seminal Research About the Developing Nervous System

Study overturns conventional thought about how axons grow during embryonic development.

Image shows video stills show a single cell releasing dopamine.

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·February 7, 2017·4 min read

Sensor Traces Dopamine Released by Single Cells

New sensors that can monitor dopamine secretion in a single neuron could help researchers better understand how dopamine influences brain activity.

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·December 29, 2016·5 min read

Scientists Engineer Gene Pathway to Grow Brain Organoids With Surface Folding

Findings could help to identify cells affected by Zika virus, researchers report.

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·December 16, 2016·4 min read

How Brain Tissue Recovers Following an Injury

Findings could lead to new treatments to help regeneration following trauma.

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·December 1, 2016·5 min read

Neural Stem Cells Serve as RNA Highways Too

Researchers observe molecules moving along the length of neural stem cells.

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·October 3, 2016·4 min read

Zika Infects and Affects Neural Cells Related to Skull Formation

A new study could help explain why children born to mothers infected by Zika are more likely to have microcephaly.

Image shows immature inhibitory neuron precursors.

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·September 23, 2016·7 min read

Human Neuron Transplants Treat Spinal Cord Injury in Mice

Researchers have successfully transplanted human neurons to treat symptoms of spinal cord injury in mice. The researchers believe this could pave the way for eventual treatment in humans.