... in the United States alone — investigated the mechanism of cocaine's effect on fetal brain development. They found that a byproduct of cocaine metabolism inhibits the development of nerve cells by ...
... completed a full-genome RNAi screen in neurons, showing what types of genes are necessary for brain development. Details of the screen and its novel methodology are published July ...
... Dwyer, assistant professor of cell biology, is working to identify novel genes that are vital to brain development. A $50,000 Fund for Excellence in Science and Technology (FEST) Distinguished Young ...
Brain development in infants who are born very prematurely is still incomplete. Factors that cause premature ... any reported to date. Retardation in intellectual development was observed in 3.7 per cent ...
... regulators of Shh expression in the forebrain will not only improve our fundamental understanding of brain development, but may also lead to novel insights into the pathogenesis of holoprosencephaly ...
Researchers have discovered how the expression of the Sonic hedgehog gene is regulated during brain development and how mutations that alter this process cause brain malformations.
... . 11 issue of the journal Nature Neuroscience, the study could lead to a better understanding of brain development and the formation of memories. ProBDNF is the precursor form of mature brain-derived ...
... the effects of methamphetamine use during pregnancy has found the drug appears to cause abnormal brain development in children. The research is published in the April 15, 2009, online issue of ...
... abilities sheds light on the relation between how people and groups interact, on the one hand, and how the brain develops and functions, on the other. The study, in the July/August 2009 issue of the ...
... capable of producing neurons.
"The timing of each of these transitions has critical implications for brain development, since minor changes in the proportion of progenitors exhibiting one or the ...
... the way preschool children understand false beliefs can be linked to particular aspects of brain development. This landmark research may aid in understanding developmental disorders such as autism. ...
... of partial epilepsy associated with auditory and other sensory hallucinations has been linked to the disruption of brain development during early childhood, according to a study led by researchers at ...
... , forming filopodia as a mean to control the migration and branching of neurons during brain development.
Interestingly, srGAP2 is one of a family of proteins that have been implicated in a severe ...
... by Professor Ernest Arenas and demonstrates that the formation of dopamine-producing neurons during brain development in mice is dependent on the activation of a specific receptor in the brain by an ...
... advance scientists' understanding of how young children's brains develop as well as point to new approaches ... potential danger to adults. In mature human brains, astrocytes ordinarily produce very little ...
