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Open AccessAdult neurogenesis and “immature” neurons in mammals: an evolutionary trade-off in plasticity?
Neuronal plasticity can vary remarkably in its form and degree across animal species. Adult neurogenesis, namely the capacity to produce new neurons from neural stem cells through adulthood, appears widespread...
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Open AccessMolecular and functional heterogeneity in dorsal and ventral oligodendrocyte progenitor cells of the mouse forebrain in response to DNA damage
In the develo** mouse forebrain, temporally distinct waves of oligodendrocyte progenitor cells (OPCs) arise from different germinal zones and eventually populate either dorsal or ventral regions, where they ...
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Open AccessPerceptual vision training in non-sport-specific context: effect on performance skills and cognition in young females
Although an increasing interest in vision training for sport performance, whether it may have a transfer to sport-specific skills and whether such transfer could be mediated by cognition remain open issues. To...
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Clusters of DCX+ cells “trapped” in the subcortical white matter of early postnatal Cetartiodactyla (Tursiops truncatus, Stenella coeruloalba and Ovis aries)
The cytoskeletal protein doublecortin (DCX) is a marker for neuronal cells retaining high potential for structural plasticity, originating from both embryonic and adult neurogenic processes. Some of these cell...
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Non-neurogenic SVZ-like niche in dolphins, mammals devoid of olfaction
Adult neurogenesis has been implicated in brain plasticity and brain repair. In mammals, it is mostly restricted to specific brain regions and specific physiological functions. The function and evolutionary hi...
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Open AccessUsing balance training to improve the performance of youth basketball players
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of 12 weeks of balance training to improve the balance and vertical jump abilities of young basketball players. Twenty-three players from two teams in th...
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Neurogenesis Outside the Central Nervous System (An Overview)
Adult neurogenesis in the mammalian central nervous system is restricted to small, embryonic germinal layer-derived neurogenic sites localized in the forebrain. This neurogenic process is sustained throughout ...
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Neurogenesis in the Adult Rabbit: From Olfactory System to Cerebellum
Adult neurogenesis is a feature that is phylogenetically highly conserved, yet most of the current knowledge in this field is based on laboratory rodents. In addition to the differences among vertebrates, rema...
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Adult structural plasticity and neurogenesis in the mammalian olfactory system
In the last decade, evidence has strenghten for continuous structural plasticity and neurogenesis in the adult mammalian central nervous system. The olfactory system, both in the periphery (olfactory neuroepit...
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Shc signaling in differentiating neural progenitor cells
Previously we found that the availability of ShcA adapter is maximal in neural stem cells but that it is absent in mature neurons. Here we report that ShcC, unlike ShcA, is not present in neural stem/progenito...
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Multipotent Stem Cells in the Adult Central Nervous System
A stem cell is an undifferentiated cell capable of extensive proliferation that can give rise to more stem cells (self-renewal) as well as to a progeny that will terminally differentiate and integrate into the...
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The early intracellular signaling pathway for the insulin/insulin-like growth factor receptor family in the mammalian central nervous system
Several studies support the idea that the polypeptides belonging to the family of insulin and insulin-like growth factors (IGFs) play an important role in brain development and continue to be produced in discr...
