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New insights into the process of necrosis suggest that modulating the ‘eat-me’ signal may help reduce the toxic effects of cell death.

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The tree of cortical cell types describes the diversity of neurons in the brain

December 2, 2020December 2, 2020brain cell types, neurons, Patch-seq, Research, tree of cell types

This research provides one of the most complete characterizations of the diversity of neural types in the brain so far.

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Lunatic Fringe gene and the renewable brain

October 30, 2017hippocampus, Lunatic Fringe, neural sem cells, neurons, Notch signaling, Renewable brain

The discovery that the brain can generate new cells – about 700 new neurons each day – has triggered investigations to uncover how this process

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The underappreciated astrocyte; a vital link between brain tumors and epileptic seizures

March 30, 2017April 24, 2018astrocyte, brain tumor, epilepsy, glioblastoma, neurons, seizures

The brain has billions of cells of which only 30 percent are neurons. Astrocytes are the predominant cell type of the remaining 70 percent. Surprisingly,