The phrase "postmortem brain" refers to the brain of a person after they have died. It is often studied by scientists and doctors to learn more about how the brain works and to gain insights into various diseases and conditions. Full definition
To determine whether the findings of such basic research can translate to human subjects, researchers examined DCC expression in postmortem brains of people who had committed suicide. (sciencedaily.com)
A recent generation of studies of postmortem brain tissue from people with schizophrenia, particularly from the laboratory of Professor David Lewis and his colleagues at the University of Pittsburgh, have shed light on schizophrenia - related abnormalities in the interplay of the main excitatory neurons, pyramidal neurons, and a specific class of inhibitory nerve cells, called chandelier cells, in the prefrontal cortex. (sciencedaily.com)
In a new study published in Nature Communications, a team of researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, including NYSCF — Robertson Investigator Kristen Brennand, PhD, were interested in examining whether stem cell - derived neurons and NPCs showed the same genetic variants (both rare and common) as postmortem brains from schizophrenia patients. (nyscf.org)