Engineering of Adult Neurogenesis and Gliogenesis.
Berninger BAdult Neurogenesis and Cellular Reprogramming, Institute of Physiological Chemistry & Focus Program Translational Neuroscience, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 55128 Mainz, Germany.
Jessberger SBrain Research Institute, University of Zurich, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland.
2016-04-20
Published in:
Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology. - 2016
English
Neural stem/progenitor cells (NSPCs) retain their ability to generate newborn neurons throughout life in the mammalian brain. Here, we describe how recently developed virus- and transgenesis-based techniques will help us (1) to understand the functional effects of neurogenesis in health and disease, (2) to design novel approaches to harness the potential for NSPC-associated endogenous repair, and (3) to induce the generation of neurons outside the main neurogenic niches in the adult brain.