title: The quintessence of quiescence.
abstract: Neurogenic niches in the adult mammalian brain are composed of heterogeneous populations of neural stem cells. In this issue of Neuron, Codega et al. (2014) isolate quiescent neural stem cells from the adult subventricular zone and demonstrate their stem cell characteristics.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA.
authors.forename: Odessa
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Yabut
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA; Program in Neuroscience, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA; Program in Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA; Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA. Electronic address: sam.pleasure@ucsf.edu.
authors.forename: Samuel J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Pleasure
mesh_terms: D053687:Adult Stem Cells / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D020547:Lateral Ventricles / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology*; D058953:Neural Stem Cells / Q000502:physiology*