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The Incredible Map That Shows Every Neuron In The Brain
Neurons are cells in the nervous system that send and receive messages throughout your body, allowing your brain ... and this new brain model could further that research. The FlyWire Consortium ...
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How Do Neurons Work?
Internal receptors respond to changes inside the body. For example, they can detect changes in the blood’s chemical properties or respond to potentially damaging stimuli by causing the perception of ...
Microglia in the peripheral nervous system discovered to regulate neuron size
In a study published in Cell, a research team led by Prof. Li Hanjie from the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology ...
Challenging Decades of Neuroscience: Brain Cells Are More Plastic Than Previously Thought
Using in-vitro models of a specific type of brain cell, scientists have demonstrated that neurons can transform from one type ...
Fred Hutch10y
Muscle or neuron? A simple swap can redirect cell fate
When Fong engineered a version of MyoD so that it only bound NeuroD2’s unique genes and the shared genes, he found that this one change was all it took to direct his chimeric MyoD to NeuroD2’s neuron ...
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Discovery: PNS Microglia Regulate Neuron Size
In a study published in Cell on April 7, a research team led by Prof. LI Hanjie from the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology (SIAT) of the ...