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Central nervous system stem cells in the embryo and adult
J Frisén1, C B Johansson, C Lothian
1Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Medical Nobel Institute, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences : CMLS
|October 29, 1998
Abstract:
The central nervous system is generated from neural stem cells during embryonic development. These cells are multipotent and generate neurons, astrocytes and oligodendrocytes. The last few years it has been found that there are populations of stem cells also in the adult mammalian brain and spinal cord. In this paper, we review the recent development in the field of embryonic and adult neural stem cells.