Discovered key gene for the formation of new neurons
Monday, September 14, 2009 - 08:56
in Biology & Nature
Scientists discovered a gene - called AP2gamma - crucial for the neural development of the visual cortex, in a discovery that can have implications for the therapeutics of neural regeneration as well as provide new clues about how the brain evolved into higher sophistication in mammals. The article will come out in the journal Nature Neuroscience today.