Sentences with phrase «studies of neural development»

In studies of neural development in mice, Stahl found that TRNP1 produces a protein that determines whether neural stem cells self - replicate, leading to a balloonlike expansion of cortical surface area, or whether they differentiate into a plethora of intermediate stem cell types and neurons, thickening the cortex and forming more complex brain structures.

Zebrafish are a logical subject choice in the study of neural development for many scientists.

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We believe that they will also lead to the development of a whole new range of therapies for neurodegenerative diseases of the central nervous system,» explains corresponding author of the study Jihwan Song, professor and director of Neural Regeneration and Therapy Group at the CHA Stem Cell Institute of CHA University.

A leading expert in neural movement control, Jessell, a U.K. native who completed his Ph.D. at the University of Cambridge, conducted pioneering studies that identified mechanisms involved in the neural development and organization of the spinal cord.

The possibility that they might be important in nerve cell development intrigued neuroscientists Fred Gage and Tomoko Kuwabara of the Salk Institute in La Jolla, California, and colleagues, who were studying how adult neural stem cells differentiate.

This study demonstrates that, over development, neural circuits reorganize themselves to decrease noise and improve the fidelity of communication amongst each other.

«This study illustrates a potentially important link between exercise and the development of these neural pathways,» Booth said.

Since performing these studies, James has continued to study the underlying biology of VPA's effects on neural development.

«The results of our study are very important for the development of neural - controlled prosthetic hands.

The approach enabled a wide range of studies of human brain development, including implicating a new class of neural stem cell recently discovered by the lab in the evolutionary expansion of the human brain and identifying how the mosquito - borne Zika virus may contribute to microcephaly in infants infected in utero.

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.

A study of the development of the nervous system of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans by Neda Masoudi, Oliver Hobert and colleagues reveals a novel function for a member of the basic helix - loop - helix family of transcription factors in controlling terminal neuron differentiation (rather than initial commitment to a neural fate).

Pattwell studies the development of the brain, particularly the neural circuits associated with fear, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder using mice as a model.

Studies of early development in fishes show that neural networks in the brain controlling the more complex vocal and pectoral mechanisms of social signalling among birds and mammals have their ancestral origins in a single compartment of the hindbrain in fishes.

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

The Jans» genetic studies in this area reach beyond a basic understanding of neural development.

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

Dr. Halvorsen studied neurophysiology of the auditory system, ontogeny and development of sound localization the central auditory system in gerbils, neural encoding of ultrasound signals in fish, and auditory threshold responses in fish after noise exposure.

In the lab for Human Brain and Neural Stem Cell Studies we aim at developing experimental paradigms to systematically identify novel types of neural stem and progenitor cells that serve as building blocks for brain develoNeural Stem Cell Studies we aim at developing experimental paradigms to systematically identify novel types of neural stem and progenitor cells that serve as building blocks for brain develoneural stem and progenitor cells that serve as building blocks for brain development.

10/10/2007 Researchers Reveal Repressor Protein Blocks Neural Stem Cell Development A protein known to repress gene transcription at the molecular level in a variety of processes also blocks embryonic neural stem cells from differentiating into neurons, according to a study by University of California, San Diego and Howard Hughes Me... MNeural Stem Cell Development A protein known to repress gene transcription at the molecular level in a variety of processes also blocks embryonic neural stem cells from differentiating into neurons, according to a study by University of California, San Diego and Howard Hughes Me... Mneural stem cells from differentiating into neurons, according to a study by University of California, San Diego and Howard Hughes Me... More...

Some of the long term aims of the studies are (i) to contribute to the understanding of the mechanisms that control cortical development and evolution, (ii) to use the knowledge to grow neural stem cell populations of high purity and viability for therapeutic approaches and (iii) to study how neural stem cells can be activated in vivo.

Scientists in this 105 - minute documentary are seen studying the physical and mental development of primates through experiments dealing with the behavioral effects of drugs and alcohol; the capacity to learn, remember, and apply language and manual skills; control of aggressive and sexual behavior; and other neural and physiological determinants of behavior.

An assistant professor of education at the Rossier School, Immordino - Yang is an affective neuroscientist and human development psychologist who studies the neural, psychophysiological and psychological bases of social emotion, self - awareness and culture and their implications for development and schools.

Studies have shown diet can impair neural development in young children, resulting in lower IQs and decreased chance of success in school.

Relocating to San Antonio in 2000, Dallas took time off from business activities to spend with his young son and to self - study in the growing convergence of the cognitive, behavioral, affective, social, relational, and neural sciences and the practical application of those sciences in the field of individual, group, and organizational development.

Based on a modified version of Gottlieb's scheme of psychobiological development, this study conceptualizes epigenetic mechanisms as molecular underpinnings mediating interactions between neural and

Based on a modified version of Gottlieb's scheme of psychobiological development, this study conceptualizes epigenetic mechanisms as molecular underpinnings mediating interactions between neural and... genetic activity levels.