Neurons Climb the Cellular Scaffold 3

Neurons Climb the Cellular Scaffold 3

Ellen M. DeGennaro

Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, McGovern Institute for Brain Research, MIT Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences

This image displays the migration of young neurons in the developing ferret brain as they move from their birthplace buried deep in the center of the brain out towards the superficial layers. This image will help us understand which genes control how developing neurons push past each other to eventually form the many folds of the adult cerebral cortex.

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