Research ArticleOpen accessIn the keywordsIn Vitro Prevention of Browning in Plantain CultureInnocent Chimereze Onuoha, Chinonye Jemimah Eze, Chibuikem I.N. UnambaProblem statement: The in vitro propagation of plantain (Musa paradisiaca) is still faced with lots of challenges such as blackening or browning of tissues prior to culture due to the oxidation of phenolic compound by polyphenolic oxidase enzyme present in the tissue when excised. Approach: Understanding browning processes in plantain and possible ways of minimizing it during excision of explants … …OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences, Vol. 11, Issue 1 · 6 Jul 2011 · 15,229 accessesView PDFCite
Review ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractAstrocytes Store for Memory and CognitionMajid Karimi BaghmalekiIn humans, protoplasmic astrocytes are found with high density in the cortex and hippocampus (both parts responsible for memory and cognition) and each astrocyte is in contact with two million of synapses. Astrocytes are responsible for the synaptogenesis and the removal of synapses, which is the basis of learning and memory. The synaptogenesis increases sevenfold with the addition of astrocytes … …Neuroscience International, Vol. 12, Issue 1 · 21 Apr 2021 · 17,209 accessesView PDFCite