Sentences with phrase «role in neural development»

«This process may therefore play a key role in neural development and central nervous system function in adults, as well as in chronic brain disorders and various acute brain injuries.»

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Thus, FA has gained considerable attention because of its promising role in modulating diverse clinical conditions, whereas folate deficiency has been linked with a variety of disorders including birth defects and defects in the development of neural tube closure [4]- [6].

The role of essential fatty - acids in neural development — implications for perinatal nutrition.

They found far more methylation in the orphans» genes, including many that play an important role in neural communication and brain development and function.

The critical role these changes play in brain development highlights the importance and urgency in understanding neural circuits in more detail and suggests new avenues for investigating the underlying causes of developmental disorders such as autism.

Although researchers knew that hyaluronic acid shows up in neural tissue, they did not know it played such a critical role in human brain development.

All of the mice produced normal amounts of SOX2 during development, when the transcription factor plays a critical role in the genesis of embryonic and neural stem cells.

Her research group will continue to study these proteins and the role they play in neural development and fragile X syndrome — work that's likely to influence other fields of inquiry in autism and beyond.

Because the RNAi wasn't used to dampen FOXP2 activity until 23 days after the birds hatched, the new study shows that the gene has a role beyond embryonic development, says neurogeneticist Simon Fisher of the University of Oxford in the U.K. «The gene, at least in songbirds, may have important active functions in [neural] circuits,» he says.

Pluripotent stem cellderived somatic stem cells as tool to study the role of microRNAs in early human neural development

For the first 20 years of his career, Dr. Anderson's research focused on the biology of neural stem cells and their role in brain development.

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The finding is based on studies of mice with altered levels of the growth factor PDGF in neural stem cells, which play a key role in the development of the eye.

Transgenic models session Chairs V.Korinek & Z. Kozmik 16.00 Bohumil Fafílek Cell tracking and manipulation in genetically modified mice 16.30 Michaela Krausová Mouse transgenic model to study tumor progression and metastasis in the gut 17.00 coffee break 17.20 Matej Durik Rodent transgenic models of cardiovascular diseases 17.50 Jan Masek The role of Wnt / beta - catenin signaling in neural crest development: an insight from transgenic and knockout mice 19.00 dinner

Affective regulation may also play an important role in the development of neural scaffolds in that poor emotional regulation could have deleterious effects on the ability to develop compensatory scaffolding.