From angiogenesis to neuropathology
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Knowledge of how the cerebral vasculature develops to new therapeutic insights into neurological disease is presented. This include angiogenisis in the normal and diseased brain, angiogenesis and brain development or protection and the role of angiogenisis factors such as VEGF in pathology of the central nervous system.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2005
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Accessing a transporter structure
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In the brain, neurons communicate with each other primarily through the use of neurotransmitters. These chemical signals are released by presynaptic neurons in response to electrical impulses, then detected and converted back into electrical signals by receiving neurons.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2004
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Cell survival guide
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Netrin-1 protein has the ability to direct the migration of axons in the developing spinal cord. Netrins are secreted proteins that act on neural cells through transmembrane receptors of the DCC (deleted in colorectral carcinomas) and UNC5H families.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2004
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