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Unexpected help to repair the cerebellum

Upon injury of the developing mouse cerebellum, endogenous repair mechanisms can heal the brain and prevent behavioral motor deficits. At the right time, with the right cues, the brain can repair itself.

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Figure 1: Model of cerebellar repair by adaptive reprogramming of nestin-expressing progenitors.

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Jaeger, B., Jessberger, S. Unexpected help to repair the cerebellum. Nat Neurosci 20, 1319–1321 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nn.4640

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