'Relaxation' a critical step in vertebrate brain development
Friday, March 12, 2010 - 08:49
in Biology & Nature
(PhysOrg.com) -- Normal vertebrate brain ventricle formation relies upon the stretchiness or "relaxation" of the neuroepithelium, which is regulated by the motor protein myosin. This process was discovered in zebrafish and may play a role in the proper expansion of tubes in other organs throughout development.