Scientists identify crucial guiding protein in neurogenesis.

In the developing brain, special proteins that act like molecular tugboats push or pull on growing nerve cells, or neurons, helping them navigate to their assigned places amidst the brain’s wiring.  How a single protein can exert both a push and a pull force to nudge a neuron in the desired direction is a longstanding mystery that has now been solved by scientists from Dana-Farber … Continue reading Scientists identify crucial guiding protein in neurogenesis.