Summary: A new study has revealed how two morphogens, WNT and Sonic Hedgehog, act as molecular “traffic cops,” directing early human brain development.Using a custom device and stem cell-derived ...

The forebrain gives rise to structures including the cerebral cortex, thalamus, and hypothalamus, the midbrain generates the visual and auditory systems, and the hindbrain forms the cerebellum and ...

The researchers targeted 16 key brain regions, encompassing the forebrain, midbrain, and hindbrain. These regions were selected for their involvement in aging and age-related disorders.

The forebrain controls a range of social, emotional, and cognitive (thinking) functions, as well as motor function and memory. The midbrain is associated with coordination, alertness, vision, and ...

The midbrain: This controls functions such as eye movement and reflexes. The hindbrain: The hindbrain contains the cerebellum and the spinal cord. It controls learned movements, respiration, and ...

Since years, patterning and function of some brain parts such as the cortex in the forebrain and the optical tectum or cerebellum in the midbrain/hindbrain region are under strong investigation.

This new model, in contrast, recapitulates the development of all three sections of embryonic brain and spinal cord simultaneously—something that has not been achieved in previous models.

The first stem cell culture method that produces a full model of the early stages of the human central nervous system has been developed by a team of engineers and biologists at the University of ...

This scan of the brain shows the inner areas of the Midbrain and Hindbrain, around the outside you can see the wrinkly layer of the Cerebral Cortex where higher thought processes take place ...