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Intraventricular Transplantation of Engineered Neuronal Precursors for In Vivo Neuroarchitecture Studies
Published on: May 11, 2019
David H Rowitch1, Q Richard Lu, Nicoletta Kessaris
1Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, 44 Binney Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA. david_rowitch@dfci.harvard.edu
Abstract:
Recent reports show that Olig genes, which encode the basic helix-loop-helix Olig transcription factors, are essential for development of oligodendrocytes. Surprisingly, Olig function is also required for formation of somatic motor neurons. These findings alter our views of how the oligodendrocyte lineage is generated and raise further questions about the underlying developmental relationships between neurons and glia.
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