{"id":145671,"date":"2022-09-05T17:22:43","date_gmt":"2022-09-05T22:22:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/09\/how-axolotls-regrow-their-brains-after-injury"},"modified":"2022-09-05T17:22:43","modified_gmt":"2022-09-05T22:22:43","slug":"how-axolotls-regrow-their-brains-after-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/09\/how-axolotls-regrow-their-brains-after-injury","title":{"rendered":"How Axolotls Regrow Their Brains After Injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/how-axolotls-regrow-their-brains-after-injury.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a new study published in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/doi\/10.1126\/science.abp9262\" target=\"_blank\"><i>Science<\/i><\/a>, researchers have used single-nucleus sequencing (sNuc-Seq) to characterize the cell populations of the axolotl forebrain, an aquatic salamander that can regenerate brain tissue post-injury.<\/p>\n<p><b><b>Axolotls \u2013 a translational model<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologynetworks.com\/neuroscience\/articles\/dissecting-the-complexity-of-the-brain-at-a-single-cell-level-362680\" target=\"_blank\">brain is a complex organ<\/a>, comprising billions of cells and neuronal connections that form intricate networks. Understanding which cells are actively engaged in neurological processes \u2013 and which genes underpin this activity \u2013 can help us to decipher this complexity. It is only recently that advances in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologynetworks.com\/genomics\/articles\/understanding-single-cell-sequencing-how-it-works-and-its-applications-357578#:~:text=Single%20cell%20sequencing%20technologies%20can%20measure%20different%20types%20of%20genetic, of%20these%20three%20sequencing%20subtypes.\" target=\"_blank\">single-cell sequencing<\/a> have made such research possible, providing insights on the molecular signatures of thousands of individual cells.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a new study published in Science, researchers have used single-nucleus sequencing (sNuc-Seq) to characterize the cell populations of the axolotl forebrain, an aquatic salamander that can regenerate brain tissue post-injury. Axolotls \u2013 a translational model The brain is a complex organ, comprising billions of cells and neuronal connections that form intricate networks. Understanding which [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":556,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-145671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/556"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145671"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145671\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}