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Lack of key neuropeptide induces neuroinflammation to impair neural stem cells and limit new neuron production
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Lack of key neuropeptide induces neuroinflammation to impair neural stem cells and limit new neuron production

by Mark Derewicz,  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine The dentate gyrus houses neural stem cells in a thin zone near the blue-labeled granule cells. Cholecystokinin interneurons (red) extend elaborate processes and release neuropeptide onto astrocytes (green) to induce neurogenesis in brain of adult mouse. Credit: University of North Carolina at Chapel...