In the years since the 2013 debut of human brain organoids, research groups have worked to grow
bigger brain tissue clumps and more uniform structures.
Not exact matches
The researchers tinkered with the voltage in cell membranes of developing African clawed frogs (Xenopus laevis) and found that electric charge plays a role in how
big the
brain grows and what kind of
tissue developing cells grow into.
«From an extremely small amount of
brain tissue, we will one day be able to do very
big things,» said Gerald Weissmann, M.D., Editor - in - Chief of The FASEB Journal.
Because the
brain is like every other tissue connected to the peripheral immune system through meningeal lymphatic vessels,» said Jonathan Kipnis, PhD, professor in the UVA Department of Neuroscience and director of UVA's Center for Brain Immunology and Glia (
brain is like every other
tissue connected to the peripheral immune system through meningeal lymphatic vessels,» said Jonathan Kipnis, PhD, professor in the UVA Department of Neuroscience and director of UVA's Center for
Brain Immunology and Glia (
Brain Immunology and Glia (
BIG).
Using a technology called VAST, which can automatically label individual neurons, glia, and blood vessels different colors, as well as smaller structures such as dendrites and mitochondria, the researchers analyzed the contents of three cylindrical chunks of
brain tissue, each no
bigger than grains of salt.
«We're not the
biggest brain bank in the world, but we have the highest - quality
tissue,» says pathologist Thomas Beach, the program director, who notes that donors must live within a 50 - mile radius of the morgue.
Brain tissue inflammation is a
big cause of migraines.
«The
tissue in their
brain used for smelling is
bigger and actually weighs more than the same
tissue in human
brain,» says Dr. Nancy Scanlon, DVM, at the Sherman Oaks Veterinary Clinic in Sherman Oaks, Calif..