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Nature Neuroscience 12, 1079 - 1081 (2009)
doi:10.1038/nn0909-1079

Wnts blow on NeuroD1 to promote adult neuron production and diversity

Pierre Vanderhaeghen1

  1. The author is at the Institut de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Biologie Humaine et Moléculaire, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
    e-mail: pierre.vanderhaeghen@ulb.ac.be


NeuroD1 is well known for its role in development. In this issue, two papers collectively show that the Wnt pathway directly activates the transcription factor NeuroD1 to regulate adult neurogenesis and, potentially, neuron diversity.

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