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Apoptosis in Embryonic Development
By: Zane Bartlett
| Published: Jun 08, 2017
Apoptosis, or programmed cell death, is a mechanism in embryonic development that occurs naturally in organisms. Apoptosis is a different process…
ApoptosisGenetic regulationCaenorhabditis elegansCellsGerm Cells
Cerebral Organoid as a Model System in the Study of Microcephaly
By: Dasia Garcia
| Published: May 12, 2017
Scientists use cerebral organoids, which are artificially produced miniature organs that represent embryonic or fetal brains and have many properties…
TechnologyMicrocephalyBrainNeuronsBrain--Diseases--Animal models
Syncytial Theory
By: Adam R. Navis
| Published: Oct 30, 2007
The syncytial theory of neural development was proposed by Victor Hensen in 1864 to explain the growth and differentiation of the nervous system.…
Hensen, Victor, 1835-1924Nervous SystemNeurons
Viktor Hamburger (1900-2001)
By: Adam R. Navis
| Published: Nov 08, 2007
Viktor Hamburger was an embryologist who focused on neural development. His scientific career stretched from the early 1920s as a student of Hans…
PeopleHamburger, Viktor, 1900-2001Nerve Growth FactorBiographyNeurons
Sonja Vernes, et al.'s Experiments On the Gene Networks Affected by the Foxp2 Protein (2011)
By: Kat Fowler
| Published: May 30, 2017
In 2011, Sonja Vernes and Simon Fisher performed a series of experiments to determine which developmental processes are controlled by the mouse…
Gene regulatory networksLanguageLanguage AcquisitionNeuronsMotor ability
Samuel Randall Detwiler (1890-1957)
By: Adam R. Navis
| Published: Nov 01, 2007
Samuel Randall Detwiler was an embryologist who studied neural development in embryos and vertebrate retinas. He discovered evidence for the…
PeopleTransplantationBiographyNeurons
Golgi Staining Technique
By: Sarah Taddeo, Erica O'Neil
| Published: Mar 06, 2017
The Golgi staining technique, also called the black reaction after the stain's color, was developed in the 1870s and 1880s in Italy to make brain…
TechnologyGolgi, Camillo, 1843-1926Stains and staining (Microscopy)NeuronsMicroscope slides
Roger Wolcott Sperry (1913–1994)
By: Dina A. Lienhard
| Published: Feb 26, 2018
Roger Wolcott Sperry studied the function of the nervous system in the US during the twentieth century. He studied split-brain patterns in cats and…
Split brainCorpus callosumEpilepsySplit-Brain ProcedureNeurons
Ben A. Barres (1954–2017)
By: Aida Movahed
| Published: Aug 06, 2025
Ben Barres researched neurobiology during the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries as a professor at Stanford University School of…
Neurodegenerative DiseasesNeurogliaOligodendrogliaOligodendrocyte Precursor CellsBrain
The Neuron Doctrine (1860-1895)
By: Isra Mishqat
| Published: Jun 15, 2017
The neuron doctrine is a concept formed during the turn of the twentieth century that describes the properties of neurons, the specialized cells that…
NeuronsAxonsDendritesNervous SystemSynapses