University of Rochester Medical Center
Gene find sheds light on motor neuron diseases like ALS
Published in Stem Cell Week, November 3rd, 2008
The study is the result of a collaboration by scientists at the University of Rochester Medical Center who normally focus on the eye, working together with a developmental neuroscientist at Harvard who focuses on the cerebral cortex. The work appears in the Oct. 23 issue of the journal Neuron.
The work centers on corticospinal neurons, crucial nerve cells that connect the brain to the spinal cord. These...
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