Previous brain autopsies have shown that patients with TSC, as well as patients with ASD, have reduced numbers of Purkinje cells,
the main type of neuron that communicates out of the cerebellum.
The two
main types of neurons can be differentiated, because they produce distinct proteins, either parvalbumin (PV) or somatostatin (SOM).
Not exact matches
Nobel Prize - winning work back in 1991 showed that, in mammals, each sensory
neuron in the
main olfactory system expresses one
type of G - protein coupled receptor (GPCR), which is specialized to detect a specific
type of odor.
«Our
main challenge was to find the right timing and concentration
of the signaling molecules that would yield V2a interneurons instead
of other neuronal cell
types, such as motor
neurons,» said first author Jessica Butts, a graduate student in the McDevitt lab.
The
main issue in canine seizures, as well as any other
type of seizure, is that there is an abnormal firing
of nerve impulses originating from the
neurons of the brain.