These cells share important molecular and functional characteristics with neural stem cells of the brain. Peripheral neural stem cells have the same cell morphology, self-renewal and differentiation ...

Neurons are the cells in the brain responsible for sending messages to the rest of the body, and scientists have long thought that they are settled into one subtype once they develop from stem ...

For decades, scientists assumed that neural stem cells (NSCs) only occur in the brain and spinal cord. A new international study, led by Hans Schöler of the Max Planck Institute for Molecular ...

It is due to abnormal brain development, often before birth. It is non-progressive. Symptoms of CP include exaggerated reflexes ... coordinated movements. 2. Stem cell transplantation is a ...

TOKYO -- Falls are a common occurrence among the elderly in Japan, and recent research has pointed to the brain's misinterpretation of automatic reflexes as one possible cause. The discovery of ...