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Neurogenesis in the Adult Rabbit: From Olfactory System to Cerebellum

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Neurogenesis in the Adult Brain I

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Adult neurogenesis is a feature that is phylogenetically highly conserved, yet most of the current knowledge in this field is based on laboratory rodents. In addition to the differences among vertebrates, remarkable peculiarities are also emerging in the location and structural and functional features of neurogenic ­systems in mammals. Although the orders Lagomorpha and Rodentia are quite similar, unexpected features of structural plasticity and neurogenesis have been found to occur in the rabbit central nervous system. The structural and temporal characteristics of protracted and persistent neurogenesis in rabbits are herewith addressed. Attention is focused on the subventricular zone cytoarchitecture and extensions, as well as on processes of persistent neurogenesis that have been recently demonstrated to occur in the striatum and in the cerebellum. The existence of neural cell progenitors persisting within the rabbit brain parenchyma (so-called nonneurogenic in rodents) are discussed.

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This work was supported by Compagnia di San Paolo (Progetto NEUROTRANSPLANT-2004.2019).

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  1. Department of Veterinary Morphophysiology, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

    Giovanna Ponti & Luca Bonfanti

  2. Department of Animal and Human Biology, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

    Federico Luzzati & Paolo Peretto

  3. National Institute of Neuroscience-Italy (INN), Turin, Italy

    Paolo Peretto & Luca Bonfanti

  4. Istituto scientifico Fondazione Cavalieri Ottolenghi, Turin, Italy

    Giovanna Ponti, Federico Luzzati, Paolo Peretto & Luca Bonfanti

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  1. Department of Histology and Neuroanatomy, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, 160-8402, Japan

    Tatsunori Seki Ph.D. (Professor) (Professor)

  2. Department of Developmental and Regenerative Biology, Institute of Molecular Medicine Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, 1 Kawasumi, Mizuho-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya, 467-8601, Japan

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Ponti, G., Luzzati, F., Peretto, P., Bonfanti, L. (2011). Neurogenesis in the Adult Rabbit: From Olfactory System to Cerebellum. In: Seki, T., Sawamoto, K., Parent, J.M., Alvarez-Buylla, A. (eds) Neurogenesis in the Adult Brain I. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-53933-9_13

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