What makes humans intelligent? These unique neurons might hold the key
Concepts encoded by concept neurons can be an animal, an article of clothing, a place, or a person. The concept can be evoked ...
How microRNAs act as a 'blueprint' for the developing brain
Our brains contain billions of neurons and trillions of connections, and scientists are only beginning to understand the ...
Brain cells are more plastic than previously thought, study shows
Neurons are the cells in the brain responsible for sending messages to the rest of the body, and scientists have long thought ...
Stem cell barcoding reveals how the brain and inner ear are formed
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have developed a method that shows how the nervous system and sensory organs are formed ...
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MicroRNAs Guide Purkinje Cell Growth, Shedding Light on Autism Links
A new study reveals that microRNAs—tiny regulators of gene expression—play a crucial role in shaping Purkinje cells, rare ...
Brain's new power revealed: Study shows how neurons adapt and change
This implies that under certain conditions, even brain cells change, and so do their functions. This is noteworthy as it ...
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Engineers turn skin cells directly into neurons for cell therapy
Converting one type of cell to another -- for example, a skin cell to a neuron -- can be done through a process that requires the skin cell to be induced into a "pluripotent" stem cell ...
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Directly converting skin cells to brain cells yields 1,000% success
From there, these induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) can be coaxed to become whatever cell type is needed for a ... from a somatic cell to a motor neuron.” The original process involved ...
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Researchers Bypass Stem Cells and Convert Skin Cells Directly Into Neurons
Converting one type of cell to another — for example, a skin cell to a neuron — can be done through a process that requires the skin cell to be induced into a “pluripotent” stem cell, then ...