Doublecortin-expressing cells persist in the associative cerebral cortex and amygdala in aged nonhuman primates

• Main Authors: Xue-mei Zhang (Author), Yan Cai (Author), Yaping Chu (Author), Er-Yun Chen (Author), Jia-Chun Feng (Author), Xue-Gang Luo (Author), Kun Xiong (Author), Robert G Struble (Author), Richard W Clough (Author), Peter R Patrylo (Author), Jeffrey H Kordower (Author), Xiao-Xin Yan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2009-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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A novel population of cells that express typical immature neuronal markers including doublecortin (DCX+) has been recently identified throughout the adult cerebral cortex of relatively large mammals (guinea pig, rabbit, cat, monkey and human). These cells are more common in the associative relative...