The study, published in the journal eLife, tracked
brain cell activity in two regions of the cerebral cortex in lab rats, an area of the brain that controls how tasks are performed.
Using genetically engineered mice, they identified importin alpha-5 as the transporter protein that helps MeCP2 to enter the
brain cell nucleus.
This meant that every engineered
brain cell was now identical.
New
brain cell growth was demonstrated in an exciting study released in 2015.
Zika virus's tricks for interfering with human
brain cell development may also be the virus's undoing.
In an NIH-backed study published earlier this year, scientists looked at the effects of SIRT3 on
brain cell mitochondria.
Louis, found in mice and in mouse
brain cell cultures that the disease impairs the transfer of proteins to energy-making factories inside
brain cells.
But he added: "Our results suggest that small amyloid beta assemblies impact upon memory and normal
brain cell function but don't kill
brain cells...
Once a
brain cell has arrived at the new location, movement stops and the
brain cell forms connections with neighboring
brain cells.
Now, in an in vitro study using human brain stem cells, a team of German and Californian researchers shows how a specific PCB congener, PCB-118, can interrupt normal TH function and cause the premature differentiation of one type of
brain cell [EHP 113:871-876].
The physical phenomena produced by
brain cell firings can be measured with modern equipment, and the data can be correlated with various cognitive and emotional states of the subjects.
A Dallas-based research team announced in November that it may have found additional evidence that ailments suffered by Persian Gulf War veterans could be linked to loss of
brain cells. The researchers say it's possible the
brain cell loss may be caused by exposure to combinations of nerve gas, pesticides and insect repellents.
brain cell - a nerve cell in the brain