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Neurons trigger a complex pattern of events, some of them unexpected, that direct astrocyte development in a region-specific manner.

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Brain sphingolipid metabolism is closely involved in Gaucher disease

July 19, 2022July 19, 2022 Gaucher disease, glia, glucosylceramide, lipid metabolism, lysosomes, neurodegenerative disease, neurons, Parkinson's Disease, Research, sphingolipid

Disruption of sphingolipid metabolism led to neurodegeneration in animal models, revealing a new molecular path to Gaucher’s disease.

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In a cell-eat-cell world calcium ions regulate exposure of ‘eat-me’ signal in necrotic cells

May 6, 2021May 10, 2021 C. elegans, calcium ions, necrosis, neurons, phagocytosis, phosphatidylserine, Research

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, 2020 brain 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, 2017 hippocampus, 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, 2018 astrocyte, 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,