Adult neurogenesis in non-mammalian vertebrates.

@article{citeulike:2289593, abstract = {Adult neurogenesis is an exciting and rapidly advancing field of research. It addresses basic biological questions, such as the how and why of de novo neuronal production during adulthood, as well as medically relevant issues, including the potential link between adult neural stem cells and psychiatric disorders, or how stem cell manipulation might be used as a strategy for neuronal replacement. Current research mainly focuses on rodents, but we review here recent examination of non-mammalian vertebrates, which demonstrates that bona fide adult neural stem cells exist in these species. Importantly, especially in teleost fish, these cells can be abundant and located in various brain areas. Hence, non-mammalian vertebrate species provide invaluable comparative material for extracting core mechanisms of adult neural stem cell maintenance and fate.}, address = {Department Zebrafish Neurogenetics, GSF-National Research Center for Environment and Health, Institute of Developmental Genetics, Neuherberg, Germany.}, author = {Chapouton, P. and Jagasia, R. and Bally-Cuif, L. }, citeulike-article-id = {2289593}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bies.20615}, issn = {0265-9247}, journal = {Bioessays}, keywords = {adult, brain, mouse, review, zebrafish}, month = {August}, number = {8}, pages = {745--757}, posted-at = {2008-05-23 12:43:48}, priority = {2}, title = {Adult neurogenesis in non-mammalian vertebrates.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bies.20615}, volume = {29}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2289593 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2289593 TI - Adult neurogenesis in non-mammalian vertebrates. JF - Bioessays VL - 29 IS - 8 SP - 745 EP - 757 AD - Department Zebrafish Neurogenetics, GSF-National Research Center for Environment and Health, Institute of Developmental Genetics, Neuherberg, Germany. SN - 0265-9247 N2 - Adult neurogenesis is an exciting and rapidly advancing field of research. It addresses basic biological questions, such as the how and why of de novo neuronal production during adulthood, as well as medically relevant issues, including the potential link between adult neural stem cells and psychiatric disorders, or how stem cell manipulation might be used as a strategy for neuronal replacement. Current research mainly focuses on rodents, but we review here recent examination of non-mammalian vertebrates, which demonstrates that bona fide adult neural stem cells exist in these species. Importantly, especially in teleost fish, these cells can be abundant and located in various brain areas. Hence, non-mammalian vertebrate species provide invaluable comparative material for extracting core mechanisms of adult neural stem cell maintenance and fate. KW - adult KW - brain KW - mouse KW - review KW - zebrafish AU - Chapouton, P AU - Jagasia, R AU - Bally-Cuif, L PY - 2007/08// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bies.20615 ER -