In vivo monitoring of adult neurogenesis in health and disease.
Adult neurogenesis, i.e. the generation of new neurons in the adult brain, presents an enormous potential for regenerative therapies of the central nervous system (CNS). While 5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine (BrdU) labeling and subsequent histology or immunohistochemistry for cell type-specific markers...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2011-05-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Neuroscience |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnins.2011.00067/full |