How do individual neurons develop and how are they in- tegrated into neuronal circuitry? To answer this question is essential to understand how the nervous system develops and how it is maintained during the adult li...How do individual neurons develop and how are they in- tegrated into neuronal circuitry? To answer this question is essential to understand how the nervous system develops and how it is maintained during the adult life. A neural stem cell must go through several stages of maturation, including proliferation, migration, differentiation, and integration, to become fully embedded to an existing neuronal circuit. The knowledge on this topic so far has come mainly from cell culture studies. Studying the development of individual neurons within intact neuronal networks in vivo is inherently difficult. Most neurons are generated form neural stem cells during embryonic and early postnatal development.展开更多
基金supported by DFG Schwerpunkt program 1392(project MA 4113/2-2)cluster of Excellence and DFG Research Center Nanoscale Microscopy and Molecular Physiology of the Brain(project B1-9)+1 种基金the German Ministry of Research and Education(BMBFproject 1364480)
文摘How do individual neurons develop and how are they in- tegrated into neuronal circuitry? To answer this question is essential to understand how the nervous system develops and how it is maintained during the adult life. A neural stem cell must go through several stages of maturation, including proliferation, migration, differentiation, and integration, to become fully embedded to an existing neuronal circuit. The knowledge on this topic so far has come mainly from cell culture studies. Studying the development of individual neurons within intact neuronal networks in vivo is inherently difficult. Most neurons are generated form neural stem cells during embryonic and early postnatal development.