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Although the phenomenon of adult neurogenesis has been intensively described and studied for the past few decades, its relevance to acquired brain injury remains largely unknown. In addition, glial-specific progenitors appear to be quite widespread throughout the brain, and their roles in injury-induced remodeling are also just beginning to emerge. Ongoing adult neurogenesis occurs in two regions of the mammalian brain—the subventricular zone (SVZ) of the lateral ventricles and the subgranular zone (SGZ) of the dentate gyrus within the hippocampus. Because of their well-described role in adult neurogenesis, there has been considerable speculation about how they might function in the setting of injury. Since there is clearly potential for neurogenesis after brain injury, studies have elucidated a differential response to injury in these two regions with stroke-mediated neurogenesis arising primarily from the SVZ and traumatic brain injury-mediated neurogenesis originating from the SGZ. For each, neurogenesis may mediate functional recovery after injury, and the potential mechanisms underlying these effects are being investigated. One goal of these studies is to potentially exploit neurogenesis as a therapeutic modality following acquired brain injuries due to stroke or trauma for which there is currently little to offer outside of supportive care and physical rehabilitation.
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Abbreviations
- AED:
-
Antiepileptic drug
- Ara-C:
-
Cytosine-B-d-arabinofuranoside
- BrdU:
-
Bromodeoxyuridine
- CBF:
-
Cerebral blood flow
- CCI:
-
Controlled cortical impact
- DCX:
-
Doublecortin
- Epo:
-
Erythropoietin
- EpoR:
-
Erythropoietin receptor
- FGF:
-
Fibroblast growth factor
- FPI:
-
Fluid percussion injury
- GFAP:
-
Glial fibrillary acidic protein
- HIE:
-
Hypoxic–ischemic encephalopathy
- HSV-TK:
-
Herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase
- MCAO:
-
Middle cerebral artery occlusion
- MCM2:
-
Minichromosome maintenance protein
- MWM:
-
Morris water maze
- NSPC:
-
Neural stem/progenitor cell
- NSE:
-
Neuron-specific enolase
- PCNA:
-
Proliferating cell nuclear antigen
- PSA-NCAM:
-
Polysialylated neural cell adhesion molecule
- SGZ:
-
Subgranular zone
- SVZ:
-
Subventricular zone
- TBI:
-
Traumatic brain injury
- TGF-β:
-
Transforming growth factor beta
- VEGF:
-
Vascular endothelial growth factor
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Hong, S., Yu, TS., Kernie, S.G. (2014). Role of Neural Stem and Progenitor Cells in the Adaptation of the Brain to Injury. In: Junier, MP., Kernie, S. (eds) Endogenous Stem Cell-Based Brain Remodeling in Mammals. Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-7399-3_4
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