In vertebrates, the skeleton of different regions of the body arises from different precursor cells. Researchers at the ...

Spinal cord stimulators have grown in popularity over the past several years as patients see benefits in the less-invasive ...

But the type of a cell is determined by patterns of expression of that genome. The cell’s nature is shaped by which proteins ...

Northwestern Medicine investigators have identified novel mechanisms regulating the development of the spinal column during ...

Converting one type of cell to another - for example, a skin cell to a neuron - can be done through a process that requires the skin cell to be induced into a "pluripotent" stem cell, then ...

Researchers at MIT have devised a simplified process to convert a skin cell directly into a neuron. The new method bypasses ...

1999.9413). We have revised our title to “Zebrafish live imaging reveals a surprisingly small percentage of spinal cord motor neurons die during early development.” (2) lines 18-19: "embryonic stage ...

Transplantation of adult neural stem cells (NSCs) is regarded as one of the most promising approaches for treating spinal cord injury (SCI). However, securing a sufficient and reliable source of adult ...

and spinal cord. The test looks for: The presence of medical devices can also affect the quality of the MRI image. Your doctor will check beforehand to see if and what type of devices you may have ...

During the first 72 hours in particular, extracellular vesicles—nanoparticles enclosed in cell membranes—play a significant role in the embryonic development of zebrafish. This is the result ...

Multiple sclerosis (MS) causes a specific type of damage, called demyelination, to the central nervous system, including the spinal cord. MS is a neurological disease. It causes the immune system ...