Pierre Vanderhaeghen explains his last discovery (Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium) – Video

Posted: February 8, 2013 at 12:45 am




Pierre Vanderhaeghen explains his last discovery (Universit Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium)
Pr. MD Pierre Vanderhaeghen and his team tested the potential and function of the human neurons (derived from pluripotent stem cells) by transplanting them into the mouse neonatal brain. Remarkably, they found that the transplanted human neurons integrated robustly and could even connect functionally with the circuits of the host cortex! They thus generated a model of human cortex development and function, in the dish and in a whole organism, that constitutes an innovative tool to study human brain function and diseases. The ULB Neuroscience Institute and Pierre Vanderhaeghen #39;s Lab is funded partially by the Fondation ULB. The Fondation ULB website : http://www.fondation-ulb.org The ULB Neuroscience Institute website : http://www.uni.ulb.ac.be Video downloaded from Neuron (Volume 77, Issue 3, 440-456, 6 February 2013, online)

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