Category: Neural (24)
Sugar in the brain
Tokyo, Japan - It is known that a wide variety of factors are capable of inducing neurogenesis in the adult brain. For example, post-stroke neurogenesis is known to be at least partially dependent on eryothropoietin signaling (Tsai et al. A critical role of erythropoietin receptor in neurogenesis and post-stroke recovery. J Neurosci. 2006 Jan 25;26(4):1269-74.)Saturday March 17th, 2007 @ 15:25:29 EST
Not all mitogens are the same
Cambridge, UK - Neurons communicate with each other by exchanging electrical signals through axons, or otherwise called nerve fibers. These axons are insulated by the phospholipid myelin, which acts as an insulator. Myelin is deposited on neurons of the peripheral nervous system by Schwann cells, and on neurons of the central nervous system by oligodendrocytes. Both Schwann cells and...
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Skin Stem Cells for Nerve Regeneration
Milan, Italy - One approach to nervous system repair after injury involves implantation of "guide tubes", which has the name implies, preferentially induces regenerating neural cells to migrate into a desired direction. The question, of course, is what type of neural progenitors should one use in conjunction with such guide tubes. Embryonic stem cells have the disadvantage of potentially...
G-CSF of Blood and Brain
Loma Linda CA- We at StemCellPatents.com have described in various patents the relationship between hematopoietic stem cells and neural stem cells. Stunning examples include the ability of neurons to stimulate hematopoiesis, Patent # 6897060, the ability of the same hypoxic conditions that promote hematopoietic stem cell...
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