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TRENDS IN NEUROSCIENCES
Volume 28, Issue 1, Pages 30-36Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE LONDON
DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2004.10.009
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- MRC [MC_U117584237] Funding Source: UKRI
- Medical Research Council [MC_U117584237] Funding Source: Medline
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Drosophila neuroblasts are similar to mammalian neural stem cells in that they self-renew and have the potential to generate many different types of neurons and glia. They have already proved useful for uncovering asymmetric division components and now look set to provide insights into how stem cell divisions are initiated and terminated during neural development. In particular, some of the humoral factors and short-range 'niche' signals that modulate neuroblast activity during post-embryonic development have been identified. In addition, recent studies have begun to reveal how the total number of cells generated by a single neuroblast is regulated by spatial and temporal cues from Hox proteins and a transcription-factor series linked to cell cycle progression.
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