BookSara Gil-Perotín, Arturo Álvarez-Buylla and José Manuel Garcia-Verdugo.
Summary: Adult neurogenesis has been questioned for many years. In the early 1900s, a dogma was established that denied new neuron formation in the adult brain. Adult neural stem cells are undifferentiated cells that are present in the adult brain and are capable of dividing and differentiating into glia and new neurons.
Contents:
Historic overview
Research methodologies for adult neurogenesis
Neurogenesis in the intact adult mammalian central nervous system
Oncogenesis vs neurogenesis
Adult neurogenesis under pathological stimulation : ischemia
Therapeutic potential of neural stem cells.