Source: University of California - San Francisco
Date: September 4, 2007
Summary:
In the dynamic world of the developing brain, neural stem cells give rise to neurons deep within the brain’s fluid-filled ventricles. These newborn neurons then migrate along the stem cell fibers up to the neocortex, the seat of higher cognitive functions. Now, scientists have discovered a key mechanism of this migration – one that may also play an important role in other developmental processes and diseases, including cancer.
