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SUBMITTER: Sierra A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4443499 | biostudies-literature | 2015 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sierra Amanda A Martín-Suárez Soraya S Valcárcel-Martín Roberto R Pascual-Brazo Jesús J Aelvoet Sarah-Ann SA Abiega Oihane O Deudero Juan J JJ Brewster Amy L AL Bernales Irantzu I Anderson Anne E AE Baekelandt Veerle V Maletić-Savatić Mirjana M Encinas Juan M JM
Cell stem cell 20150501 5
Adult hippocampal neurogenesis is believed to maintain a range of cognitive functions, many of which decline with age. We recently reported that radial neural stem cells (rNSCs) in the hippocampus undergo activation-dependent conversion into astrocytes, a mechanism that over time contributes to a reduction in the rNSC population. Here, we injected low and high levels of kainic acid (KA) in the dentate gyrus to assess whether neuronal hyperexcitation, a hallmark of epileptic disorders, could acce ...[more]