BrdU is a thymidine analog that incorporates into dividing cells ... DCX expression in neurons is dependent on time and is typically expressed for the first 2 weeks after the birth of the neuron 16.

He looked at the brains of cancer patients who were injected with a chemical called BrdU before they died. ... At most, the neocortex adds one new neuron every year for every 7000 existing ones.

BrdU is a variant of one of the four bases that make up DNA and once injected, it gets incorporated into newly-created DNA. In this way, the presence of BrdU acts as a marker for newborn cells. Again, ...

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It can be detected in a variety of ways, including the measurement of DNA synthesis by the incorporation of BrdU into newly synthesized DNA, which is then visualized using anti-BrdU antibodies. This ...

To identify dividing cells in mice and rats, Gage had been using a molecule known as bromodeoxyuridine, or BrdU. ... Neuron 74(4):634-639. DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2012.03.030 ...

New neurons take more than six months to mature in adult monkeys and likely even longer in humans, say researchers. Their findings challenge the notion that the time it takes for neurogenesis is ...

"However, what is clear is that in four separate experiments involving two independent lines for each transgene, the fractional survival of BrdU-labeled cells in FAD mutant animals was always ...

Controversial brain study has scientists rethinking neuron research Published: March 14, 2018 6 :49am EDT ... nicknamed BrdU to identify brand new neurons in human adult hippocampus – but the ...