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Stress hormones shift neuron types in the developing brain, study suggests
Researchers investigated the impact of glucocorticoids, a type of steroid hormone, on the early stages of brain development. They found a shift in neuron types, showing that the developing brain ...
The Scientist6y
Revealed: New Cortical Neuron Types
Two studies in mice published today (October 31) in Nature report the existence of several types of brain cells that had not been acknowledged before. These cell types are distinguished by their gene ...
Psychology Today3mon
How Brain Cells Work
A neuron or nerve cell is the brain's fundamental building block for the transmission of information. The cell body (or soma) is a neuron’s center, from which different types of extensions ...
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 ...
Nature20d
How the brain decides whether to persist — and when to give up
Whether mice persist with a task, explore new options or give up comes down to the activity of three types of neuron in the brain. In experiments, researchers at University College London (UCL ...
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MIT researchers devise process to convert skin cell 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 ...