Researchers report distant molecular mechanisms can generate the same features in different neurons. The findings shed new light on how brain cells develop.
Eating processed food which contains Propionic Acid (PPA) during pregnancy may affect neural stem cell development in the fetal brain. Excessive PPA reduces the number of neurons and over-produces glial cells, causing inflammation. Additionally, PPA shortens neural pathways. The combination of damaged pathways and reduced neurons may be associated with behavioral deficits associated with ASD.
A new study reports TGF-beta acts as a time signal which regulates neural stem cells' potential at different stages of brain development.
In adults, levels of GDF11, a gene that is key to the regeneration of murine neural stem cells, are inversely related to depressive episodes. Administering the GDF11 proteins to aging mice reduced depressive states and improved cognition.
Mitochondria regulate how neural stem cells become neurons during brain development. The findings may help explain how humans developed larger brains during evolution and how mitochondrial defects lead to some neurodevelopmental disorders.
Researchers have created a new technique that can rapidly "print' two-dimensional arrays of cells and proteins that mimic a variety of cellular environments in the body.
A new study sheds light on how the neocortex in the human brain develops.
Therapy to mend parts of the brain damaged by strokes has moved a step closer, thanks to research at Monash...
Examining the brains of Drosophila fruit flies, researchers discover a novel stem cell mechanism which could help explain how neurons form in humans.
Researchers report a new technique may help increase the production of neurons in mice following a stroke.
A team of scientists at Penn State University, the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, and other institutions have developed a...
Brain organoids, or mini-brains, created from human stem cells appear to develop in much the same way as a human brain. The organoids follow an internal clock that guides their maturation in sync with the timeline for human brain development.
