News tagged with neural stem cells

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Mice with big brains provide insight into brain regeneration and developmental disorders

Scientists at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (OHRI) and the University of Ottawa (uOttawa) have discovered that mice that lack a gene called Snf2l have brains that are 35 per cent larger than normal. ...

Genetics created May 15, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Growing up as a neural stem cell: The importance of clinging together and then letting go

Can one feel too attached? Does one need to let go to mature? Neural stem cells have this problem, too.

Neuroscience created Apr 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

'Housekeeping' mechanism for brain stem cells discovered

Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) have identified a molecular pathway that controls the retention and release of the brain's stem cells. The discovery offers new insights into normal and abnormal neurologic ...

Neuroscience created Apr 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

A promising discovery for breast cancer therapy

(Medical Xpress) -- Could engineered human stem cells hold the key to cancer survival? Scientists at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN), the world's first bioengineering and nanotechnology research ...

Cancer created Apr 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Neural stem cell transplants for spinal cord injury maximized by combined, complimentary therapies

Combined, complimentary therapies have the ability to maximize the benefits of neural stem cell (NSC) transplantation for spinal cord repair in rat models, according to a study carried out by a team of Korean researchers ...

Medical research created Apr 17, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Research reveals development of the glial cell

A vast majority of cells in the brain are glial, yet our understanding of how they are generated, a process called gliogenesis, has remained enigmatic. Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have identified a novel transcripitonal ...

Neuroscience created Apr 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Genetic research develops tools for studying diseases, improving regenerative treatment

Research from a Kansas State University professor may make it easier to recover after spinal cord injury or to study neurological disorders.

Genetics created Mar 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Stem cells hint at potential treatment for Huntington's disease

Huntington's disease, the debilitating congenital neurological disorder that progressively robs patients of muscle coordination and cognitive ability, is a condition without effective treatment, a slow death ...

Neuroscience created Mar 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

PCP genetic pathway acts as stop sign for cell growth

The genetic pathway that regulates the way cells align themselves relative to each other has been found to act as a "stop sign" that signals organisms when to halt cell growth, according to new research published ...

Medical research created Mar 15, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Memory formation triggered by stem cell development

Researchers at the RIKEN-MIT Center for Neural Circuit Genetics have discovered an answer to the long-standing mystery of how brain cells can both remember new memories while also maintaining older ones.

Neuroscience created Feb 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Parkinson's disease: Study of live human neurons reveals the disease's genetic origins

Parkinson's disease researchers at the University at Buffalo have discovered how mutations in the parkin gene cause the disease, which afflicts at least 500,000 Americans and for which there is no cure.

Parkinson's & Movement disorders created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

In schizophrenia research, a path to the brain through the nose

A significant obstacle to progress in understanding psychiatric disorders is the difficulty in obtaining living brain tissue for study so that disease processes can be studied directly. Recent advances in basic cellular neuroscience ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists report first step in strategy for cell replacement therapy in Parkinson's disease

Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) are a promising avenue for cell replacement therapy in neurologic diseases. For example, mouse and human iPSCs have been used to generate dopaminergic (DA) neurons that improve symptoms ...

Medical research created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists learn how stem cell implants help heal traumatic brain injury

For years, researchers seeking new therapies for traumatic brain injury have been tantalized by the results of animal experiments with stem cells. In numerous studies, stem cell implantation has substantially improved brain ...

Medical research created Jan 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Bone marrow-derived cells differentiate in the brain through mechanisms of plasticity

Bone marrow-derived stem cells (BMDCs) have been recognized as a source for transplantation because they can contribute to different cell populations in a variety of organs under both normal and pathological conditions. Many ...

Medical research created Dec 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast