... are capable of self renewing decisions and based upon these criteria are often considered stem cells or stem cell-like. Rapid advances in our understanding of neural crest cell patterning continue to shape our appreciation of the evolution of neural crest cells and their impact on vertebrate craniofacial...

.... Adult neurogenesis Cell proliferation Stem cells Comparative approach Vertebrates The first reports of the production of new neurons in the central nervous system of adult vertebrates, a phenomenon now referred to as ‘adult neurogenesis’, date back to the 1960s. Two pioneers in this emerging...

... important clues about brain repair. Here, we compare adult neurogenesis in birds and mammals. We review recent studies on the glial identity of stem cells that generate new neurons, the different modes of migration used by the newly generated neurons to reach their destinations, and how these systems...

...Thomas A. Reh; Andrew J. Fischer The capacity for retinal regeneration in cold-blooded vertebrates has long been recognized. Regeneration occurs, in part, through a population of retinal stem cells residing at the peripheral margin of the retina. It has generally been thought that homeothermic...