title: Assessment of adult neurogenesis in mice.
abstract: Adult neurogenesis is a lifelong developmental process that occurs in two discrete regions in the adult mammalian brain: the subgranular zone of the dentate gyrus (DG) and the subventricular zone (SVZ) along the lateral ventricles. Despite immense interest in the therapeutic potential of adult neural stem cells (aNSCs) residing along these two neurogenic regions, molecular and cellular mechanisms regulating this process are not fully defined. Defining the regulatory mechanisms responsible for the genesis of new neurons in the adult brain is integral to understanding the basic biology of aNSCs. The techniques described here provide a basic blueprint to isolate, culture, and perform experiments using aNSCs in vitro as well as providing methods to perform immunohistochemistry on brain sections. Curr. Protoc. Toxicol. 56:12.20.1-12.20.16. © 2013 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
authors.affiliation: Graduate Program, Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
authors.forename: Yung-Wei
authors.initials: YW
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Wenbin
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Zhengui
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Xia
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000378:metabolism; D001923:Brain Chemistry; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D018891:Dentate Gyrus / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism; D007150:Immunohistochemistry / Q000379:methods; D020547:Lateral Ventricles / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D058953:Neural Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism; D055495:Neurogenesis / Q000502:physiology*; D009474:Neurons / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism; D012107:Research Design
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers