Sunday, September 13, 2009

Discovered key gene for the formation of new neurons

Source: Ciência Viva
Date: 13 September 2009

Summary:

Scientists discovered a gene - called AP2gamma - crucial for the neural development of the visual cortex, in a discovery that can have implications for the therapeutics of neural regeneration as well as provide new clues about how the brain evolved into higher sophistication in mammals. The article will come out in the journal Nature Neuroscience today.