Progenitor diversity and neural cell specification in the central nervous system

• Main Author: Marcos R. Costa (auth)
• Other Authors: Cecilia Hedin-Pereira (auth), Caroline Rouaux (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2015
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Neurosciences; Fate Restriction; Central Nervous System; Neurons; Astrocytes; Extrinsic Signals; neural progenitors; specification; Transcription Factors; oligodendrocytes; neurogenic niches
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The central nervous system continuously perceives, integrates, processes and generates information. These complex functions rely on the detailed elaboration of its cellular network and on the myriads of individual, highly differentiated and specialized cell types, classically subdivided into neurons...