Scientists at the German Center for Neurodegenerative
Diseases (DZNE) in Bonn have gained new insights into the early phase of the
brain’s development. In cooperation with researchers of the Max Planck
Institute of Neurobiology, the University of Bonn and other German and
international colleagues they identified two proteins that control the
formation of cell protuberances. The typical ramifications through which nerve
cells receive and forward signals ultimately originate from these outgrowths.
The study conducted by Prof. Frank Bradke’s team provides indications on brain
development and about the causes of diseases of the nervous system. The results
have now been published in “Neuron”.