The choroid plexus, which makes up the blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier in the central nervous system (CNS), lines the ... it is important to have an ex-vivo culture model. We designed a rhesus ...

To alleviate these concerns, many researchers turn to simple 2D structures made up of stem ... layer), which gives rise to the skin, nervous system and other outer structures; the mesoderm ...

we hope to use similar ideas to understand other pattern-forming systems that are controlled by the nervous system," Ermentrout added. "For instance, we would really like to develop models for ...

Instead, the model started with a row of stem cells roughly the size of the neural tube found in a 4-week-old embryo—about 4 millimeters long and 0.2 millimeters in width. The team stuck the ...

The early research in animal models could advance an already approved Food and Drug Administration therapy and also could lead to new strategies for treating diseases of the central nervous system.

This in vitro model enables the study and development of treatments for currently treatment deficient, rare diseases affecting the peripheral nervous system, such as Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT ...

The brain and spinal cord are your body’s central nervous system. The brain is the command center for your body, and the spinal cord is the pathway for messages sent by the brain to the body and from ...

“It suggests that some of the neuronal machinery was being packaged into cells and used for some form of communication prior to the advent of a nervous system.” Dr. Musser said he was looking ...

Research improves upon a popular experimental model of mammal development and ... the ectoderm (outer layer), which gives rise to the skin, nervous system and other outer structures; the mesoderm ...