Neural stem cells (NSCs) are the self-renewing, multipotent cells that generate neurons, astrocytes, and oligodendrocytes in the nervous system (Fig. 1a). Over the past decades, the confirmation that neurogenesis occurs in discrete areas of the adult brain and that NSCs reside in the adult brain has
The end of the central dogma of neurobiology: stem cells and neurogenesis in adult CNS
✍ Scribed by L. Colucci-D’Amato; V. Bonavita; U. di Porzio
- Publisher
- Springer Milan
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 158 KB
- Volume
- 27
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1590-1874
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