Top Header Menu

Tag Archives | Neuron Migration

cell migration

Brain Cell Migration During Normal Development May Offer Insight On How Cancer Cells Spread

By shedding new light on how cells migrate in the developing brain, researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center also may have found a new mechanism by which other types of cells, including cancer cells, travel within the body. The findings by Jonathan Cooper, Ph.D., member and director of the Hutchinson Center’s Basic Sciences Division, […]

Continue Reading 0
John H. Krystal, MD Chairman, Department of Psychiatry

Schizophrenia May Be Due To Neuronal Migration Errors

Normally, cortical nerve cells or neurons reside in the brain’s gray matter with only a few scattered neurons in the white matter, but some people with schizophrenia have a higher number of neurons in the white matter. Neuronal migration errors may arise in schizophrenia as a consequence of both genetic and environmental factors. The phenomenon […]

Continue Reading 0

Proudly hosted by Lightning Base