A new analysis of brains from a variety of mammal species indicates that frontal-cortex expansion has occurred in all primates, not just in people, as scientists have traditionally assumed.

Scientists have found that neural stem cells use molecules that form a complex called STRIPAK to 'wake up' and produce new neurons (nerve cells) and surrounding glial cells in the brain.

In their study, published in Mechanobiology in Medicine, the researchers discovered that the protein responsible for binding neural stem cells in the human brain, neuro-cadherin, also plays a key ...

The team tested the technique by converting mouse skin cells to motor neurons. And sure enough, this resulted in a yield of over 1,000%. The resulting motor neurons were found to produce ...

This allows the brain stem cells to activate these genes in order to produce nerve cells themselves,” explained Lukas Kremer, a doctoral student at DFKZ and first author of the current publication.

In humans, stem cells are also present in the same brain area, although they normally do not make olfactory bulb neurons after early infancy. "Some women report changes in smell during pregnancy ...

Researchers have figured out how to wake up dormant stem cells in the brain that have the ability to grow into new cells. ... View 1 Image 1 / 1.

A specific group of nerve cells in the brain stem appears to control how semaglutide affects appetite and weight - without causing nausea. The discovery, made at the University of Gothenburg ...

To investigate this, the researchers interrupted the blood supply to the brain of mice for a short time. As a result, astrocytes with the typical stem cell methylation profile could be detected ...