Researchers discover gene essencial to cerebellum formation
...w insight into origin of nerve cells that form the cerebellum in higher organisms. In a second research project, led by Francisco Real and Eduardo Soriano and funded by the Fundaci La Caixa, the scientists aim to explore the potential of this gene to produce Purkinje neurons in a laboratory setting. The resea...Chemical cues turn embryonic stem cells into cerebellar neurons
...newborn mice, the gray layer on the surface of the cerebellum called the cerebellar cortex. Once in the brain, the cells extended parallel fibers, migrated to and incorporated themselves into the internal granule cell layer, and extended short projections called dendrites, something that neurons use to communic...Repair of DNA by Brca2 gene prevents medulloblastoma
.... The role of Brca2 is important because as the cerebellum grows in size and complexity before and shortly af...ormous rate of cell divisions during growth of the cerebellum greatly increases the risk of DNA damage. So the cell must have a way to ensure that the damage is q...Agonized death throes probable cause of open-mouthed, head-back pose of many dino fossils
...y concluded, is central nervous system damage. The cerebellum is responsible for fine muscle movement, controlli...avity muscles that keep the head upright. Once the cerebellum ceases to modulate the behavior of the antigravity muscles, Faux said, the muscles pull at full forc...Researchers identify fifth gene responsible for Joubert syndrome
...nherited condition that affects development of the cerebellum and brainstem, the structures in the brain that co... characteristic configuration of the brainstem and cerebellum on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), where the abnormally developed brain stem resembles the shape o......neurons, called Purkinje cells, in a region of the cerebellum known to receive signals from the vestibular system. This region is known as the posterior cerebellar vermis, a narrow, worm-like structure between the brains hemispheres. In their experiments, the researchers measured the electrical activity of th...