Neural Cell News Volume 18.00 | Jan 10 2024

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    2024-01-10 | NCN 18.00


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    Combined Small-Molecule Treatment Accelerates Maturation of Human Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Neurons

    Researchers designed a high-content imaging assay based on morphological and functional readouts in human pluripotent stem cell-derived cortical neurons which identified multiple compounds that drive neuronal maturation.
    [Nature Biotechnology]

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    Microglia Enhance Post-Anesthesia Neuronal Activity by Shielding Inhibitory Synapses

    Using in vivo two-photon imaging in mice, the authors showed that microglia enhanced neuronal activity after the cessation of isoflurane anesthesia.
    [Nature Neuroscience]

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    Human Cerebellar Organoids with Functional Purkinje Cells

    Scientists reported a human organoid model capable of developing the complex cellular diversity of the fetal cerebellum, including a human-specific rhombic lip progenitor population that have never been generated in vitro prior to this study.
    [Cell Stem Cell]

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    Pan-Cancer Ion Transport Signature Reveals Functional Regulators of Glioblastoma Aggression

    Researchers identified 410 survival-associated IP genes in 33 cancer types using a machine-learning approach.
    [EMBO Journal]

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    Ventral Pallidum Neurons Projecting to the Ventral Tegmental Area Reinforce but Do Not Invigorate Reward-Seeking Behavior

    Scientists used in vivo fiber photometry and optogenetics to record from and manipulate ventral pallidum→ventral tegmental area in rats performing a discriminative stimulus task to determine the role these neurons play in invigoration and reinforcement by reward cues.
    [Cell Reports]

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    Neural Differentiation and Spinal Cord Organoid Generation from Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPSCs) for ALS Modelling and Inflammatory Screening

    Investigators established neuronal cell types and generated spinal cord organoids derived from C9orf72 knockdown human iPSCs to model amyotrophic lateral sclerosis disease and screen the unrevealed phenotype.
    [Molecular Neurobiology]

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    The Long-Term Effects of Heated Tobacco Product Exposure on the Central Nervous System in a Mouse Model of Prodromal Alzheimer’s Disease

    Scientists sought to shed light on the repercussions of prolonged exposure to heated tobacco products on the central nervous system, employing a mouse model mimicking prodromal Alzheimer’s disease.
    [Scientific Reports]

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    Long and Short-Term Effect of mTOR Regulation on Cerebral Organoid Growth and Differentiations

    Researchers monitored the long- and short-term effects of mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) signaling regulation on cerebral organoid growth, differentiation, and function using an mTOR inhibitor and an mTOR activator.
    [Tissue Engineering And Regenerative Medicine]

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    M2 Muscarinic Receptors Negatively Modulate Cell Migration in Human Glioblastoma Cells

    Scientists investigated the ability of M2 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor to modulate cell migration in two different glioblastoma cell lines: U87 and U251.
    [Neurochemistry International]

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    REVIEWS

    Neocortical Neurogenesis in Development and Evolution—Human-Specific Features

    The authors review the ability of ARHGAP11B to amplify basal progenitors and to expand a primate neocortex and discuss the contribution of ARHGAP11B to neocortex expansion during human evolution.
    [Journal of Comparative Neurology]

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    INDUSTRY AND POLICY NEWS

    4DMT and Arbor Biotechnologies Establish Partnership to Co-Develop and Co-Commercialize Next-Generation Genetic Medicines for CNS Diseases

    4D Molecular Therapeutics announced a strategic partnership focused on advancing new AAV-based gene-editing therapies for central nervous system (CNS) diseases with high unmet medical needs in both rare and common disease populations.
    [4D Molecular Therapeutics]

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