× Didn't find what you were looking for? Ask a question
Top Posters
Since Sunday
14
o
6
6
G
3
c
3
q
3
m
3
j
3
s
2
b
2
j
2
u
2
Home Q & A Board Biology-Related Homework Help Cell Biology
New Topic  
colleen colleen
wrote...
Valued Member
Posts: 17076
Rep: 251 1
12 years ago
For years the conventional assumption in neuroscience had been that neurons in the central nervous system could neither reproduce nor regenerate. Then as one researcher put it, there was a result that “challenged everything I had read; everything I had learned when I was a student.”  Explain the startling results of studies that have overthrown the conventional wisdom regarding neuronal regeneration.
Read 2207 times
1 Reply
Sunshine ☀ ☼

Related Topics

Replies
wrote...
#1
Valued Member
12 years ago
In animal studies severed axons in the spinal cord can regrow when treated with certain nervous-system chemicals.
Stem cells in a growth medium in vitro will produce new neurons that continue to divide and multiply.
The human brain contains such stem cells.
Stem cells involved in learning and memory appear to divide and mature throughout adulthood.
Physical exercise and mental activity can promote this process while stress may inhibit it.
New Topic      
Quick Reply
Explore
Post your homework questions and get free online help from our incredible volunteers
  1165 People Browsing
Start New Topic Take the Tour CoursesNew Study Tools Topics Trending Browse by Textbook
Live Chat
Related Images
  
 416
  
 679
  
 266
Your Opinion
Which industry do you think artificial intelligence (AI) will impact the most?
Votes: 405
Previous poll results: Who will win the 2024 president election?