Scientists at Duke Medicine have produced a 3-D map of the human brain stem at an unprecedented level of detail using MRI technology. In a study published in Human Brain Mapping, the researchers ...

Identity of brain stem ... to specifically label ependymal cells within the adult brain, ... of the adult neural stem cell, it also provides a new model to study the function of ...

Researchers have been able to track mesenchymal stem cells through the human brain using in-vivo MRI, which gives new information on the viability of these cells and their benefits to damaged tissue.

Regeneration of damaged brain tissue with neural stem cells is a promising strategy for reversing neurologic deficits. 1 Superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles have been used to label and ...

The brain stem is located in front of the cerebellum and connects to the spinal cord. ... Anatomy of the brain. ... A model for studying the neural bases of psychopathology. https: ...

Using an experimental model to simulate the blood-brain barrier, ... Human stem cells enable model to test drug impact on brain's blood barrier (2021, June 30) ...

The team hopes the model can be used to improve scientists' understanding of brain diseases that emerge during early development. These might include microcephaly, for example. "The system itself ...

Early brain. To further prove the value of watching early brain development this way, the researchers took stem cells from an individual with microcephaly, a developmental problem that affects about ...