Brain micro-ecologies: Neural stem cell niches in the adult mammalian brain

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 363, Issue 1489, 2008, Pages 123-137

  Riquelme, Patricio A ^a   Drapeau, Elodie ^a   Doetsch, Fiona ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; Niche; Stem cell; Subgranular zone; Subventricular zone

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 36448982477     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2006.2016     Document Type: Review

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