Science news articles about 'cultured neurons'

... exciting now are our efforts to stop the effects of brain disease right in its tracks. Although the newly discovered compounds have only been tested in cultured neurons and mice, they do offer hope."

... the April issue. This patch-clamp methodology has been successful for single-cell dye labeling in cultured neurons, brain slices, and in vivo preparations. A wide range of dyes can be loaded using ...

... myelin production falters in some diseases. Wrapped around neurons in the peripheral nervous system, Schwann cells can ... Krox-20 blocks. Parkinson et al. cultured neurons with Schwann cells whose c-Jun ...

... high resolution fluorescence imaging methods in cultured neurons from embryonic mouse brain to explore ... acute suppression of FMRP transport in normal neurons resulted in both diminished mRNA transport ...

... the University of Reading has developed a robot which is controlled by a biological brain formed from cultured neurons. This cutting edge research is the first step to examine how memories manifest ...

... , they know little about what keeps these structures distinct. In cultured neurons, Hedstrom et al. used RNAi to cut production of ankyrinG, a protein that helps spur formation of the ...

... 's disease patient-specific iPS cells and neurons made from them offer a powerful new ... noted. Due to the relatively short lifespan of cultured neurons -- which survive for a matter of weeks – studies ...

... critical to the construction of a working synapse, locking neurons together like "molecular Velcro," a study ... human hair. To view the process, the researchers cultured neurons taken from newly born rats ...

... , they report. (Imprinted genes are chemically modified to prevent their expression.) Studies in cultured neurons showed that those changes to MBII52 are associated with an altered neural response, ...