Adult Neurogenesis Is Sustained by Symmetric Self-Renewal and Differentiation

Obernier et al. show that juvenile/adult neural stem cells (NSCs) generate progeny or self-renew through symmetric divisions. The prevailing consuming symmetric divisions progressively deplete NSCs, yet this mechanism enables lifelong generation of large numbers of neurons for the olfactory bulb while decoupling proliferation from differentiation.

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