Neural stem cells are found in adult or
fetal brain and spinal cord or derived from embryonic stem cells, which have the capacity to become any cell type in the body, or induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells, tissue - specific cells that are reprogrammed in the lab to behave like embryonic stem cells.
Not exact matches
Between eighteen
and thirty days of
fetal development a nervous system can be recognized with the closure of the neural tube forming the
spinal cord and the
brain.
«It can be caused by structural defects in the
brain and spinal cord that occur during
fetal development», when the mesenchymal tissue is forming, «possibly caused by genetic mutations or lack of proper vitamins or nutrients in the maternal diet.»