Noisy neurons keep neural stem cells quiet.

Chell, James M; Frisén, Jonas · Cell Stem Cell · 2012

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Recently in Nature, Song et al. (2012) show that the neurotransmitter GABA acts directly on radial glia-like neural stem cells to maintain quiescence and provide a mechanism for how neuronal activity controls the production of new neurons in the hippocampus.