Motor Neuron

Calabasas Hills, Calif. (Vocus) April 17, 2007

Experiments with mouse embryonic stem cells show that the supporting cells of the nervous system, if mutated, can kill motor neurons in a cell culture, providing a new and powerful tool to develop therapy for ALS.

Researchers funded by The ALS Association at Harvard laboratories led by Tom Maniatis, Ph.D., and Kevin Eggan, Ph.D., published online in Nature Neuroscience that stem cell-derived motor neurons are killed by the glial cells that are supposed to serve them.

The glial

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Vancouver, Canada (PRWEB) April 13, 2009

Research has shown that brain health begins to lag as early as age 25. However, the same research has shown that with regular brain fitness training, the brain can create new neural connections and pathways at any age.

In response to this research, Vancouver’s Vivity Labs has created Fitbrains.co], a new online brain fitness platform that hosts fun, casual games developed by brain fitness experts, specifically designed to exercise the brain and improve the five major cognitive brain functions – memory, concentration, language,

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