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Glial progenitor cells in the adult brain reveal their alternate fate

Nature Neuroscience volume 11, pages 1365–1367 (2008)Cite this article

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Glial cells that express NG2 and platelet-derived growth factor receptor α are found throughout the mature CNS. These cells are mitotically active, but their functions remain enigmatic. A genetic fate-mapping study in this issue shows that these abundant glial cells can generate both oligodendrocytes and some cortical projection neurons in the adult brain.

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Figure 1: Sites of neurogenesis in the adult brain.

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  • 16 December 2008

    In the version of this article initially published, in Figure 1c, mature oligodendrocytes are incorrectly labeled as ‘NeuN+’. This should be ‘NeuN–’. The error has been corrected in the HTML and PDF versions of the article.

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