Adult neurogenesis and the vascular Nietzsche.
Adult neurogenesis is mediated by immature neural precursors that divide within the residual germinal matrices of the brain. In the paper by in this issue of Neuron, the "cause and effect" of adult neurogenesis takes a major step forward with the description of a vascular signaling network that influences neuronal precursor migration and fate.
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Theo D
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Stanford University, Department of Neurosurgery, MSLS P309, Mail Code 5487, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D002490:Central Nervous System / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000166:cytology / Q000254:growth & development*; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000166:cytology / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018919:Neovascularization, Physiologic / Q000502:physiology*