Identification of proliferative progenitors associated with prominent postnatal growth of the pons

Postnatal growth of the pons is not well characterized. Here the authors show that growth of the murine pons is fastest during postnatal day 0–4, a period preceding myelination, and is primarily driven by an expansion of the oligodendrocyte population that derive from Sox2+Olig2+progenitors.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Robert A. Lindquist, Cristina D. Guinto, Jose L. Rodas-Rodriguez, Luis C. Fuentealba, Matthew C. Tate, David H. Rowitch, Arturo Alvarez-Buylla
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016-05-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11628