by Elena Garrido, Miguel Hernandez University of Elche – MedXpress –
The development of the cerebral cortex largely depends on the stem cells responsible for generating neurons, known as radial glial cells. Until now, it was believed that these stem cells generated neurons following a simple process, that is, a single cell lineage.
However, a study led by the Neurogenesis and cortical expansion laboratory, headed by researcher Víctor Borrell at the Institute for Neurosciences (IN), a joint center of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and the Miguel Hernández University (UMH) of Elche, has discovered not only that there are many more types of radial glial cells than previously thought, but also that there are at least three different processes of neurogenesis that occur in parallel in the same brain areas and at the same moment of development.
