UNC study pinpoints gene controlling number of brain cells

Monday, October 5, 2009 - 02:07 in Biology & Nature

In populating the growing brain, neural stem cells must strike a delicate balance between two key processes - proliferation, in which the cells multiply to provide plenty of starting materials - and differentiation, in which those materials evolve into functioning neurones...

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