title: Plug and Play Brain: Understanding Integration of Transplanted Neurons for Brain Repair.
abstract: In a recent issue of Nature,Falkner et al. (2016) use chronic two-photon imaging, virus-based transsynaptic tracing, and dynamic calcium indicators to elegantly demonstrate extensive in vivo functional maturation and target-specific functional integration of transplanted embryonic mouse cortical progenitors into adult lesioned visual cortical circuits.
authors.affiliation: Developmental and Regenerative Neurobiology, Wallenberg Neuroscience Center, and Lund Stem Cell Centre, Department of Experimental Medical Science, Lund University, 22184 Lund, Sweden.
authors.forename: Shane
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Grealish
authors.affiliation: Developmental and Regenerative Neurobiology, Wallenberg Neuroscience Center, and Lund Stem Cell Centre, Department of Experimental Medical Science, Lund University, 22184 Lund, Sweden. Electronic address: malin.parmar@med.lu.se.
authors.forename: Malin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Parmar
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins; D009474:Neurons
chemical_list: D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins