San Diego researchers work with a global consortium are starting to understand what cells comprise the human brain and how they work.
, has so far identified 3,000 different brain cell types. Many scientists have compared the initiative to the human genome project. One of them says the comparison is apt when you look at the scope of the projects the collaboration involved.
Tiny changes in the sequence of our DNA can make someone more prone to psychiatric disease. Such as depression, schizophrenia or addiction for example,” Ren said. , revealing what some call a preliminary “map” of the human brain. San Diego scientists have played a prominent role in the project. Margarita Behrens, a neuroscientist at Salk, said calling the research published last month a “map” of the brain is a bit absurd because they’re not there yet. Though that is the goal, the research has a long way to go.So far, the work done in San Diego shows how genes can affect brain cells, for good or bad. Behrens said a key part of this is identifying the kinds of cells that can be compromised by known genetic variants.
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