A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in the U.S. reports that newly generated nerve cells in the brain's dentate gyrus impact older nerve cells in two ways. In their paper ...

New role for immature brain neurons in the dentate gyrus identified Date: April 20, 2016 Source: University of Alabama at Birmingham Summary: Researchers present data and a simple statistical ...

Figure 1: Dividing cells in the adult mouse dentate gyrus express early neural markers at 48 h after virus injection. Figure 2: GFP + cells in the dentate gyrus 4 weeks after virus injection ...

Granule neurons in the mouse dentate gyrusWIKIMEDIA, AVILA, J. Newly made cells in the brains of mice adopt a more complex morphology and connectivity when the animals encounter an unusual environment ...

The dentate gyrus of the mouse hippocampal formation which contributes to the formation of new episodic memories stained for neurons (green) and stem cells (red).

Interleukin-1 (IL-1) is a key molecule involved in inflammation and plays an important role in both healthy and diseased ...

It's interesting because one theory links the development of psychosis to the activity in the dentate gyrus. So our findings fit with that theory," Kambali said.

In the dentate gyrus, parvalbumin-expressing interneurons mainly inhibit the activity of nearby neurons in a process called lateral inhibition.

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The increased putative functional synapses in the dentate gyrus is likely related to the increased adult neurogenesis observed in the Down syndrome mice following GENUS treatment." ...