... to astrocytes of adult germinal niches, these activated parenchymal progenitors express nestin and generate neurons through the formation of transit amplifying progenitors. These results shed new light on the neurogenic potential of the adult brain parenchyma. * These authors contributed equally...

... interests The authors declare no competing financial interests. 17 1 2014 27 8 2014 © 2014. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd 2014 Neural stem cells Parenchymal progenitors Postnatal neurogenesis Internal capsule Striatum Transient neurons In the mammalian...