Dopaminergic Neurons Generated by Unexpected Conversion of Mature Nerve Cells

In a serendipitous bit of cell reprogramming sleight of hand, scientists have unwittingly managed to convert mature inhibitory neurons in the brains of live adult mice directly into neurons that resemble the dopamine-producing nerve cells that are lost in Parkinson’s disease.The University of Texas (UT) Southwestern researchers had originally set out to prompt supporting glial cells to develop into dopamine-producing neurons, but their approach instead triggered a type of GABA-producing st