{"id":7814,"date":"2011-07-28T08:00:09","date_gmt":"2011-07-28T15:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.humintell.com\/?p=7814"},"modified":"2011-07-29T11:07:06","modified_gmt":"2011-07-29T18:07:06","slug":"frog-face-never-before-seen-bioelectric-pattern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.humintell.com\/2011\/07\/frog-face-never-before-seen-bioelectric-pattern\/","title":{"rendered":"Frog Face: Never-Before-Seen Bioelectric Pattern"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-7818\" href=\"https:\/\/www.humintell.com\/2011\/07\/frog-face-never-before-seen-bioelectric-pattern\/frog-face\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-7818\" title=\"Frog Face\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humintell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Frog-Face-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"228\" height=\"152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.humintell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Frog-Face-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.humintell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Frog-Face-1024x679.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/><\/a>How do faces and more importantly, brains develop?\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2011\/07\/110718111421.htm\"> <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2011\/07\/110718111421.htm\"><em>Science Daily <\/em><\/a> reported that researchers at Tuft University have released never before seen patterns of bioelectrical signals outlining where eyes, nose, mouth, and other features will appear in an embryonic tadpole.<\/p>\n<p>When stained with dye, hyperpolarized (negatively charged) areas shine brightly and others remain darker.\u00a0 The Tufts scientists discovered that in the pre-stages of face development bioelectrical signals (ion flux) cause groups of cells to form patterns marked by different membrane voltage and pH levels.<\/p>\n<p>Dany S. Adams, senior author of the study, states, \u201cWe believe this is the first time such patterning has been reported for an entire structure, not just for a single organ.\u00a0 I would never have predicted anything like it.\u00a0 It\u2019s a jaw dropper.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newswise.com\/articles\/the-face-of-a-frog-time-lapse-video-reveals-never-before-seen-bioelectric-pattern\">Newswise<\/a> <\/em>has also commented on this but have the accompanying video that depicts this amazing process (se below).\u00a0\u00a0 Bioelectrical signaling appears to regulate a sequence of events, not just one,\u201d Laura Vandenberg, a Tuft\u2019s Post Doctorial Associate and first author of the study noted, \u201cDevelopmental biologists are used to thinking of sequences in which a gene produces a protein product that in turn ultimately leads to development of an eye or mouth.\u00a0 But our work suggests that something else \u2013 a bioelectrical signal is required before that can happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The team also found that disrupting this bioelectrical signal correlated with cranial abnormalities such as two brains, a thickened optic nerve or abnormal nasal and jaw development.\u00a0 Adams and Vandenberg note that more research is needed to discover if this phenomenon works the same in other animals, including humans.<\/p>\n<p>For more information and to view the full study click <a href=\"http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/dvdy.22685\/full\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>[youtube]http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wi1Qn306IUU[\/youtube]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do faces and more importantly, brains develop?\u00a0 Science Daily reported that researchers at Tuft University have released never before seen patterns of bioelectrical signals outlining where eyes, nose, mouth, and other features will appear in an embryonic tadpole. When stained with dye, hyperpolarized (negatively charged) areas shine brightly and others remain darker.\u00a0 The Tufts&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.humintell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.humintell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.humintell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.humintell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.humintell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7814"}],"version-history":[{"count":30,"href":"https:\/\/www.humintell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7814\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7920,"href":"https:\/\/www.humintell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7814\/revisions\/7920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.humintell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.humintell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.humintell.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}