The ventricular-subventricular zone: a source of oligodendrocytes in the adult brain

• Main Author: Oscar Gonzalez-Perez (auth)
• Other Authors: Adan Aguirre (auth), Jose Manuel Garcia-Verdugo (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2014
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Neurosciences; myelin; oligodendrocyte precursor cell; white matter; demyelinating disease; ventricular-subventricular zone; neural regeneration; oligodendrocyte; axolemma; Neural Stem Cells; oligodendrogenesis; remyelination
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Demyelinating diseases are characterized by an extensive loss of oligodendrocytes and myelin sheaths from axolemma, which commonly result in disability in young adults. To date, there is no effective treatment against these neurological disorders. In the adult brain, there are neural stem cells (NSC...