Timing is everything: Growth factor keeps brain development on track
Wednesday, July 15, 2009 - 11:07
in Psychology & Sociology
Just like a conductor cueing musicians in an orchestra, Fgf10, a member of the fibroblast growth factor (Ffg) family of morphogens, lets brain stem cells know that the moment to get to work has arrived, ensuring that they hit their first developmental milestone on time, report scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in the 16 July edition of the journal Neuron...
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