A 3-D map of the human brain stem has been produced at an unprecedented level of detail using MRI technology. In a new study, the researchers unveil an ultra high-resolution brain stem model that ...

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 ...

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: ...

This new model, in contrast, recapitulates the development of all three sections of embryonic brain and spinal cord simultaneously—something that has not been achieved in previous models.

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’s development of, and experimentation with, the human stem-cell disease model for FOP, published in the December issue of the Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, is a realization of the ...

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 ...

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 ...

The map was produced from a 10-day scan of a healthy donor's postmortem brain stem in a 7-Tesla MRI system, and then converted into a 3-D model that can be proportionally scaled to fit a person's ...