... study in the January 20 issue of Developmental Cell, House Ear Institute (HEI) researchers ... pathway called the Notch signaling pathway, most of the supporting cells in the inner ear of juvenile mice ...
... have shown that by blocking a biochemical pathway called the Notch signaling pathway, most of the supporting cells in the inner ear of juvenile mice are induced to directly change into hair cells.
... behavior. Unlike neurons, astrocytes do not fire electrical spikes, and they are often described as support cells.
In experiments on mice, Dr. Halassa and his colleagues used a genetic switch, ...
... Cultures treated with fibroblasts, another type of supportive cell, derived no protection against ... cultured human breast and lung cancer cells with mouse astrocytes and fibroblasts.
Culturing either ...
... cells known as astrocytes deliver a protective protein to nearby neurons. Astrocytes are a type of support cell in the brain that serve many functions; one of their roles is to chew up damaged nerves ...
... Therapeutics Inc.
An Emphasis on Living Brain Cells
"My logic is that if you try to protect a ... company's Chief Scientific Officer, targeted support cells in the brain known as glia, which make up ...
... stem cells exist in every part of the brain, but are mostly kept silent by chemical signals from support cells known as astrocytes.
"The findings from both papers should have a far-reaching impact," ...
... successfully coaxed mouse brain stem cells bound to join the neuronal network to differentiate into support cells instead. The discovery, which is published ahead of print on Nature Neuroscience's ...
... SSCs can generate not only other immature SSCs but their niche support cells," said Voog. By contrast, germline stem ... I had to say whether similar processes occur in mammalian cells, I'd guess yes."
... into motor neurons and glia (support cells in the brain) that featured an ALS genotype.
"This is a seminal discovery," ... .L.S. asked Dr. Eggan, a stem cell expert, and Chris Henderson, Hynek Wichterle, ...
... it had been thought that medulloblastoma arose purely from neuronal ("thinking") cells and not "glial" or supporting cells.
An intriguing question for the investigators is why these cells, known as ...
... in disease pathogenesis and has indicated that non-neuronal support cells, called astrocytes, contribute to disease ... Dr. Corol Marchetto co-cultured hES cell-derived motor neurons with human primary ...
... commit to a general function, such as neural stem cells, destined to play a role in the brain/ nervous ... even more specific role as neural or glial (supporting) cells within the brain/ nervous system. ...
... wakefulness, according to a study in mice, funded by the National Institutes of Health. The cells release adenosine, a chemical known to have sleep-inducing effects that are inhibited by caffeine...
Gliomas are malignant brain tumors that arise from glial (supporting) cells of the brain. Gliomas are often resistant to chemotherapy. These tumors grow fine extensions that infiltrate normal brain ...
