Neural Stem Cells and Neuro/gliogenesis in the Central Nervous System: Understanding the Structural and Functional Plasticity of the Developing, Mature, and Diseased Brain

Overview

Journal J Physiol Sci

Specialty Physiology

Date 2015 Nov 19

PMID 26578509

Citations 25

Authors

Masahiro Yamaguchi

Tatsunori Seki

Itaru Imayoshi

Nobuaki Tamamaki

Yoshitaka Hayashi

Yoshitaka Tatebayashi

Seiji Hitoshi

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Abstract

Neurons and glia in the central nervous system (CNS) originate from neural stem cells (NSCs). Knowledge of the mechanisms of neuro/gliogenesis from NSCs is fundamental to our understanding of how complex brain architecture and function develop. NSCs are present not only in the developing brain but also in the mature brain in adults. Adult neurogenesis likely provides remarkable plasticity to the mature brain. In addition, recent progress in basic research in mental disorders suggests an etiological link with impaired neuro/gliogenesis in particular brain regions. Here, we review the recent progress and discuss future directions in stem cell and neuro/gliogenesis biology by introducing several topics presented at a joint meeting of the Japanese Association of Anatomists and the Physiological Society of Japan in 2015. Collectively, these topics indicated that neuro/gliogenesis from NSCs is a common event occurring in many brain regions at various ages in animals. Given that significant structural and functional changes in cells and neural networks are accompanied by neuro/gliogenesis from NSCs and the integration of newly generated cells into the network, stem cell and neuro/gliogenesis biology provides a good platform from which to develop an integrated understanding of the structural and functional plasticity that underlies the development of the CNS, its remodeling in adulthood, and the recovery from diseases that affect it.

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