neuronal migration

collocation in English

meaningsofneuronalandmigration

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neuronal
adjective
uk
/njʊəˈrəun.əl/
us
/nʊˈroʊ.nəl/
relating to a nerve cell or a neuron (= a basic unit of a ...
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migration
noun[C or U]
uk
/maɪˈɡreɪ.ʃən/
us
/maɪˈɡreɪ.ʃən/
the process of animals travelling to a different place, usually when the ...
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(Definition ofneuronalandmigrationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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For example, there are factors that, when present at midgestation, disturbneuronalmigrationand differentiation.
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Ifneuronalmigrationis disrupted, an abnormality in cell position results.
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From a molecular standpoint, successfulneuronalmigrationduring brain development is contingent upon the orchestrated expression of a series of trophic factors and guidance molecules.
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The third step involvesneuronalmigrationto their eventual target locations (8th to 15th week of gestation).
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Neuronalmigration, which occurs as early as the second month of gestation, is controlled by a complex array of chemical guides and signals.
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If confirmed, these findings would thus serve to link theories of abnormalneuronalmigrationand the miswiring of connections.
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Abnormal cortical migration and the resultant abnormal neuronal networks could both generate seizures in theneuronalmigrationdisorders.
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It might be a component of other multi-subunit enzyme complexes, in which haplo-insufficiency can adversely affect the cellular mechanisms that are involved inneuronalmigration.
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Although aberrantneuronalmigrationhas been the interpretation most commonly invoked for cytoarchitectural abnormalities, there are other possible explanations.
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For example, in disorders in which either cell proliferation orneuronalmigrationis disrupted in some way, either fewer neurons or abnormally positioned neurons result.
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Most infants with aneuronalmigrationdisorder appear normal, but some disorders have characteristic facial or skull features.
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Numerous genes are involved inneuronalmigration, and mice with spontaneous genetic mutations or experimentally induced (knockout) mutations have been very instructive in delineating mechanisms ofneuronalmigration.
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Dyx1c1 functions inneuronalmigrationin developing neocortex.
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Future research will attempt to address these issues by generating knockout mice that will be used to examine the resultingneuronalmigrationpatterns.
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They contribute to the formation of the blood-brain barrier, directneuronalmigration, provide energetic support to neurons, and regulate the extracellular concentration of various ions, metabolites and neurotransmitters.
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There is also a loss of the normalneuronalmigrationpattern within the inner layers of the cerebral cortex, the brain region responsible for higher mental processing.
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Researchers have suggested that mutations of these factors will be found in a number of neuropsychiatric disorders in which subtle abnormalities ofneuronalmigrationand architecture have occurred.
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One aspect of that maturation is a morphologic change from the long processes needed for guidingneuronalmigrationto shorter but more processes with greater connectivity among cells.
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Astroglial cells that play a role early in gestation as the radial glial cells forneuronalmigration are also crucial for later connectivity and the production of neural growth factors.
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