Neuronal progenitor cells derived from the anterior subventricular zone of the neonatal rat forebrain continue to proliferate in vitro and express a neuronal phenotype.

doi:10.1006/mcne.1996.0592

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Neuronal progenitor cells derived from the anterior subventricular zone of the neonatal rat forebrain continue to proliferate in vitro and express a neuronal phenotype.

Molecular and cellular neurosciences - 1 Jan 1997

Luskin M B, Zigova T, Soteres B J, Stewart R R

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A discrete area of the anterior part of the subventricular zone, or SVZa, of the postnatal forebrain is composed of progenitor cells that are dissimilar to those elsewhere in the CNS. In vivo SVZa progenitor cells retain the ability for division, even though they are phenotypically neurons. To ch...

Topics

Animals
Animals, Newborn
Cell Division
Cells, Cultured
Cerebral Ventricles
Neurites
Neurons
Phenotype
Prosencephalon
Rats
Stem Cells
Telencephalon

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