Researchers Discover Tiny Cellular Antennae Trigger Neural Stem Cells
Tuesday, August 12, 2008 - 15:49
in Biology & Nature
(PhysOrg.com) -- Yale University scientists today reported evidence suggesting that the tiny cilia found on brain cells of mammals, thought to be vestiges of a primeval past, actually play a critical role in relaying molecular signals that spur creation of neurons in an area of the brain involved in mood, learning and memory. The findings are published online in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Science.