7. Du chant du canari à la régénération du cerveau

La Chaîne du Vivant - Chroniques de Biologie d'Yves Muller

Cette 7ème chronique démarre par le chant de séduction qu’émet le canari mâle au printemps et que cet oiseau chanteur va modifier chaque année. Vous croiserez ensuite le Dieu Pan jouant de la flûte, des mésanges cachant des graines, des souris qui apprennent et mémorisent, des chauffeurs de taxi de la ville de Londres et des essais nucléaires pendant la guerre froide. Cette chronique vous conduira à découvrir que le cerveau des oiseaux et des mammifères adultes est pourvu d’une capacité de régénération. Et peut-être parviendrons-nous un jour à stimuler la production de neurones dans notre cerveau pour faire face à des lésions cérébrales ou des maladies neurodégénératives.

Auteur : Yves Muller - Professeur Agrégé de classe exceptionnelle - Docteur en Neurosciences - Université de Montpellier

7. Biological Chronicles - From the song of the canary to the regeneration of the brain

Our chronicle begins with the seduction song the male canary emits in spring and which this songbird will modify each year. We will then encounter the God Pan playing the flute, chickadees hiding seeds, mice with learning and memorizing capabilities, London taxi drivers and nuclear tests during the Cold War. Our chronicle leads us to then to the discovery that the brains of adult birds and mammals have a capacity for regeneration. And maybe we’ll one day be able to stimulate the production of neurons in our brain to deal with brain damage or neurodegenerative diseases. From a fly with legs on its head to the discovery architectural genes

Author : Yves Muller – Associate Professor at Montpellier University

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