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Neuroscience
How Neural Cells Develop and Connect
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Developmental neuroscience studies how the nervous system forms, from early embryonic stages through adulthood. It follows neural progenitor cells, which are early cells that can give rise to nervous system tissue, as they move through proliferation, differentiation, migration, and maturation. The steps are known, but the me...
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Developmental neurobiology explores how a few early embryonic cells can transform into an intricately organized nervous system that controls an entire organism.
Scientists in this field are interested in how cells take on specific identities, migrate to defined regions, and connect to form a functional system. These pr...
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