title: Central neurocytoma: establishment of the disease entity.
abstract: The establishment and identification of central neurocytoma as a distinct disease entity are invaluable in catalyzing investigations of neuronal differentiation in central nervous system tumors. The discovery of neuronal differentiation in neuroepithelial tumors has been extended to extraventricular tumors and potentially to various glial tumors undergoing neuronal differentiation. Understanding the disease spectrum of neuronal and mixed neuronal-glial tumors is important for deciphering the mechanism of gliomagenesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 101 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul 110-744, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: gknife@snu.ac.kr.
authors.forename: Dong Gyu
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 101 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul 110-744, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Chul-Kee
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Park
mesh_terms: D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000145:classification / Q000473:pathology*; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000502:physiology*; D005910:Glioma / Q000145:classification / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D018306:Neurocytoma / Q000145:classification / Q000473:pathology*; D009474:Neurons / Q000473:pathology*; D014944:World Health Organization
keywords: Atypical neurocytoma; Central neurocytoma; Disease entity; Extraventricular neurocytoma; Neuronal differentiation