Susana Cohen - Cory, Professor of Neurobiology & Behavior and her colleagues point how deficits in what are known as n - 3 polyunsaturated fatty acids cause a molecular change in the developing brain that results in constrained growth of neurons and the synapses that connect them. (fitwirr.com)
Another connects post-traumatic stress disorder to methylation of the gene coding for neurotrophic factor, a protein that regulates the growth of neurons in the brain. (discovermagazine.com)
Tissue at the top of the nasal passages contains both olfactory stem cells and «olfactory ensheathing cells», which support and guide the growth of the neurons. (newscientist.com)