New brain stem cell discovered
Posted: Tue May 25, 2010 1:04 am
UCSF scientists have discovered a new stem cell in the developing human brain.
The cell produces nerve cells that help form the neocortex – the site of higher cognitive function—and likely accounts for the dramatic expansion of the region in the lineages that lead to man, the researchers say.......... [Read More - http://www.msrc.co.uk/index.cfm/fuseact ... ageid/1826 ]