{"id":1113,"date":"2023-08-10T15:23:33","date_gmt":"2023-08-10T15:23:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pediatricbrainfoundation.org\/archive\/nerve-cells-2\/"},"modified":"2023-08-10T15:23:33","modified_gmt":"2023-08-10T15:23:33","slug":"nerve-cells-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pediatricbrainfoundation.org\/archive\/nerve-cells-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Nerve cells"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Molecular time signaling controls stem cells during brain development<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n Thursday, November 13, 2014<\/span>  \u00b7  Posted by Karolinska Institute<\/a> <\/div>\n

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In a study being published in the journal Neuron, researchers show that the signal molecule TGF-beta acts as a time signal that regulates the nerve stem cells’ potential at different stages of the brain’s development \u2013 knowledge that may be significant for future pharmaceutical development.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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Researchers discover a \u201cswitch\u201d in Alzheimer\u2019s and stroke patient brains <\/a><\/h2>\n
\n Thursday, July 3, 2014<\/span>  \u00b7  Posted by Sanford Burnham Medical Research Institute<\/a> <\/div>\n

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A new study by researchers at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (Sanford-Burnham) has identified a chemical \u201cswitch\u201d that controls both the generation of new neurons from neural stem cells and the survival of existing nerve cells in the brain. The switch that shuts off the signals that promote neuron production and survival is in abundance in the brains of Alzheimer\u2019s patients and stroke victims. The studysuggests that chemical switch, MEF2, may be a potential therapeutic target to protect against neuronal loss in a variety of neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer\u2019s, Parkinson\u2019s and autism. <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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Turning science on its head <\/a><\/h2>\n
\n Friday, April 18, 2014<\/span>  \u00b7  Posted by Harvard University <\/a> <\/div>\n

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The fact that it is the most evolved neurons, the ones that have expanded dramatically in humans, suggest that what we\u2019re seeing might be the \u2018future.\u2019 As neuronal diversity increases and the brain needs to process more and more complex information, neurons change the way they use myelin to achieve more.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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Researchers find new pathway for neuron repair<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n Friday, January 10, 2014<\/span>  \u00b7  Posted by Penn State University<\/a> <\/div>\n

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The implications for human health — although a long way down the road — are important, Rolls said. For example, in the case of stroke, when a region of the brain suffers blood loss, dendrites on brain cells are damaged and can be repaired only if blood loss is very brief. Otherwise, it is thought those brain cells die. But if those cells are able to regenerate dendrites, and if scientists learn how dendrite regrowth happens, researchers may be able to promote this process.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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Neurons in Brain’s ‘Face Recognition Center’ Respond Differently in Patients With Autism<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n Wednesday, November 20, 2013<\/span>  \u00b7  Posted by Cedars-Sinai<\/a> <\/div>\n

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In what are believed to be the first studies of their kind, Cedars-Sinai researchers recording the real-time firing of individual nerve cells in the brain found that a specific type of neuron in a structure called the amygdala performed differently in people who suffer from autism spectrum disorder than in those who do not.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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Scientists identify clue to regrowing nerve cells<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n Thursday, November 7, 2013<\/span>  \u00b7  Posted by Washington University in St. Louis<\/a> <\/div>\n

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Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified a chain reaction that triggers the regrowth of some damaged nerve cell branches, a discovery that one day may help improve treatments for nerve injuries that can cause loss of sensation or paralysis.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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Capturing brain activity with sculpted light<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n Monday, September 9, 2013<\/span>  \u00b7  Posted by University of Vienna<\/a> <\/div>\n

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A major aim of today\u2019s neuroscience is to understand how an organism\u2019s nervous system processes sensory input and generates behavior. To achieve this goal, scientists must obtain detailed maps of how the nerve cells are wired up in the brain, as well as information on how these networks interact in real time.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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Biologists Uncover Details of How We Squelch Defective Neurons<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n Wednesday, September 4, 2013<\/span>  \u00b7  Posted by University of California- San Diego<\/a> <\/div>\n

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Biologists at the University of California, San Diego have identified a new component of the cellular mechanism by which humans and animals automatically check the quality of their nerve cells to assure they\u2019re working properly during development.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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How Neurons Get Wired<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n Tuesday, August 13, 2013<\/span>  \u00b7  Posted by University of Arizona<\/a> <\/div>\n

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University of Arizona scientists have discovered an unknown mechanism that establishes polarity in developing nerve cells. Understanding how nerve cells make connections is an important step in developing cures for nerve damage resulting from spinal cord injuries or neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s. <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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Stem cell transplant restores memory, learning in mice<\/a><\/h2>\n
\n Sunday, April 21, 2013<\/span>  \u00b7  Posted by University of Wisconsin-Madison<\/a> <\/div>\n

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For the first time, human embryonic stem cells have been transformed into nerve cells that helped mice regain the ability to learn and remember.<\/p>\n

A study at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is the first to show that human stem cells can successfully implant themselves in the brain and then heal neurological deficits, says senior author Su-Chun Zhang, a professor of neuroscience and neurology.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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