Calcium waves rule and divide radial glia

Neuron
Yukako Yokota, E S Anton

Abstract

Radial glial proliferation is a critical step in the construction of cerebral cortex. In this issue of Neuron, Weissman and colleagues use time-lapse calcium imaging techniques to demonstrate that spontaneous calcium waves sweeping through cohorts of radial glia in the ventricular zone can modulate their proliferation during cerebral cortical development.

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Sep 29, 2006·Glia·Monica R Metea, Eric A Newman
May 12, 2011·The Neuroscientist : a Review Journal Bringing Neurobiology, Neurology and Psychiatry·Mari Sild, Edward S Ruthazer

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