Nature Communications (Aug 2020)

Cellular and molecular properties of neural progenitors in the developing mammalian hypothalamus

  • Xin Zhou,
  • Suijuan Zhong,
  • Honghai Peng,
  • Jing Liu,
  • Wenyu Ding,
  • Le Sun,
  • Qiang Ma,
  • Zeyuan Liu,
  • Ruiguo Chen,
  • Qian Wu,
  • Xiaoqun Wang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17890-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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The hypothalamus performs a wide range of vital physiological functions, including growth and reproductive behaviors, and circadian rhythms. The authors identify and characterize hypothalamic radial glial and hypothalamic mantle zone radial glial cells as the neural progenitors in the hypothalamus.