Abstract

Neuropoietic cytokines are well known for their role in the control of neuronal, glial and immune responses to injury or disease. Since this discovery, it has emerged that several of these proteins are also involved in nervous system development, in particular in the regulation of neurogenesis and stem cell fate. Recent data indicate that these proteins have yet more functions, as key modulators of synaptic plasticity and of various behaviours. In addition, neuropoietic cytokines might be a factor in the aetiology of psychiatric disorders.

Author affiliations

1. Physiologie Neurovégétative, UMR 6153 CNRS, 1147 INRA, Université Paul Cézanne-Aix-Marseille-3, Ave. Escadrille Normandie-Niemen, BP 351-352, 13397 Marseille Cedex 20, France.
2. These authors contributed equally to this work.
3. Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
4. Biology Division, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA.

Correspondence to: Paul H. Patterson⁴ Email: php@caltech.edu

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