title: Differential neurogenesis in the adult rat dentate gyrus: an identifiable zone that consistently lacks neurogenesis.
abstract: The dentate gyrus continues to produce new neurons in adult rodents. The possibility of differential regulation of neurogenesis within regions of the dentate gyrus is largely unexplored, despite several other aspects of this phenomenon being well characterized in a large number of studies. In this report, we describe an area located at the anterior pole of the dentate gyrus that consistently lacks neurogenesis. This neurogenically quiescent zone invariably lacks expression of the neuroblast marker doublecortin (DCX), bromodeoxyuridine and Ki-67, though DCX expression can be elicited in response to a combined paradigm of environmental enrichment and wheel running. We propose that this region may provide a valuable model system to discern the factors that regulate the process of neurogenesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroscience, Canadian Centre for Behavioural Neuroscience, University of Lethbridge, 4401 University Drive, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada T1K 3M4. neal.melvin@uleth.ca
authors.forename: Neal R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Melvin
authors.forename: Simon C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Spanswick
authors.forename: Hugo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lehmann
authors.forename: Robert J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Sutherland
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001973:Bromodeoxyuridine; D002452:Cell Count; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000502:physiology*; D018891:Dentate Gyrus / Q000166:cytology*; D000089622:Doublecortin Domain Proteins; D000089662:Doublecortin Protein; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000502:physiology; D005904:Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein / Q000378:metabolism; D007381:Intermediate Filament Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D019394:Ki-67 Antigen / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D008869:Microtubule-Associated Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D064231:Nestin; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D009479:Neuropeptides / Q000378:metabolism; D038081:Organogenesis; D051381:Rats; D020318:Rats, Long-Evans; D013234:Stem Cells / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: C000714848:Dcx protein, rat; D000089622:Doublecortin Domain Proteins; D000089662:Doublecortin Protein; D005904:Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein; D007381:Intermediate Filament Proteins; D019394:Ki-67 Antigen; D008869:Microtubule-Associated Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; C577486:Nes protein, rat; D064231:Nestin; D009479:Neuropeptides; D001973:Bromodeoxyuridine