How to make neurons—thoughts on the molecular logic of neurogenesis in the central nervous system

The Cell Biology of Neurogenesis: Toward an Understanding of the Development and Evolution of the Neocortex

(2014) Elena Taverna et al.   Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

Neurogenesis in the Striatum of the Adult Human Brain

(2014) Aurélie Ernst et al.   CELL

Coordination of proliferation and neuronal differentiation by the retinoblastoma protein family

(2014) Itsuki Ajioka   DEVELOPMENT GROWTH & DIFFERENTIATION

Gene co-regulation by Fezf2 selects neurotransmitter identity and connectivity of corticospinal neurons

(2014) Simona Lodato et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Maintenance of postmitotic neuronal cell identity

(2014) Evan S Deneris et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

bHLH Factors in Self-Renewal, Multipotency, and Fate Choice of Neural Progenitor Cells

(2014) Itaru Imayoshi et al.   NEURON

Glial Cells as Progenitors and Stem Cells: New Roles in the Healthy and Diseased Brain

(2014) Leda Dimou et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

A latent neurogenic program in astrocytes regulated by Notch signaling in the mouse

(2014) J. P. Magnusson et al.   SCIENCE

Development-Inspired Reprogramming of the Mammalian Central Nervous System

(2014) R. Amamoto et al.   SCIENCE

Sox2-Mediated Conversion of NG2 Glia into Induced Neurons in the Injured Adult Cerebral Cortex

(2014) Christophe Heinrich et al.   Stem Cell Reports

Fate specification in the adult brain - lessons for eliciting neurogenesis from glial cells

(2013) Jovica Ninkovic et al.   BIOESSAYS

Hierarchical Mechanisms for Direct Reprogramming of Fibroblasts to Neurons

(2013) Orly L. Wapinski et al.   CELL

Modular Control of Glutamatergic Neuronal Identity in C. elegans by Distinct Homeodomain Proteins

(2013) Esther Serrano-Saiz et al.   CELL

BAF chromatin remodeling complex: Cortical size regulation and beyond

(2013) Tran Cong Tuoc et al.   CELL CYCLE

The BAF Complex Interacts with Pax6 in Adult Neural Progenitors to Establish a Neurogenic Cross-Regulatory Transcriptional Network

(2013) Jovica Ninkovic et al.   Cell Stem Cell

The Chromatin Remodeler CHD7 Regulates Adult Neurogenesis via Activation of SoxC Transcription Factors

(2013) Weijun Feng et al.   Cell Stem Cell

In Vivo Direct Reprogramming of Reactive Glial Cells into Functional Neurons after Brain Injury and in an Alzheimer’s Disease Model

(2013) Ziyuan Guo et al.   Cell Stem Cell

The LIM and POU homeobox genes ttx-3 and unc-86 act as terminal selectors in distinct cholinergic and serotonergic neuron types

(2013) F. Zhang et al.   DEVELOPMENT

A Pitx transcription factor controls the establishment and maintenance of the serotonergic lineage in planarians

(2013) M. Marz et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Meis2 is a Pax6 co-factor in neurogenesis and dopaminergic periglomerular fate specification in the adult olfactory bulb

(2013) Z. Agoston et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Chromatin Regulation by BAF170 Controls Cerebral Cortical Size and Thickness

(2013) Tran Cong Tuoc et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

A combinatorial regulatory signature controls terminal differentiation of the dopaminergic nervous system in C. elegans

(2013) M. Doitsidou et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Direct lineage reprogramming of post-mitotic callosal neurons into corticofugal neurons in vivo

(2013) Caroline Rouaux et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

In vivo reprogramming of astrocytes to neuroblasts in the adult brain

(2013) Wenze Niu et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Synergistic binding of transcription factors to cell-specific enhancers programs motor neuron identity

(2013) Esteban O Mazzoni et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Saltatory remodeling of Hox chromatin in response to rostrocaudal patterning signals

(2013) Esteban O Mazzoni et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

In vivo reprogramming of circuit connectivity in postmitotic neocortical neurons

(2013) Andres De la Rossa et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Molecular logic of neocortical projection neuron specification, development and diversity

(2013) Luciano Custo Greig et al.   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE

Pax6 Exerts Regional Control of Cortical Progenitor Proliferation via Direct Repression of Cdk6 and Hypophosphorylation of pRb

(2013) Da Mi et al.   NEURON

Generation of induced neurons via direct conversion in vivo

(2013) O. Torper et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Environmental impact on direct neuronal reprogramming in vivo in the adult brain

(2013) Andrew Grande et al.   Nature Communications

An old test for new neurons: refining the Morris water maze to study the functional relevance of adult hippocampal neurogenesis

(2013) Alexander Garthe et al.   Frontiers in Neuroscience

Reprogramming of Pericyte-Derived Cells of the Adult Human Brain into Induced Neuronal Cells

(2012) Marisa Karow et al.   Cell Stem Cell

Transcriptional control of glutamatergic differentiation during adult neurogenesis

(2012) Rebecca D. Hodge et al.   CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES

Essential roles of the histone methyltransferase ESET in the epigenetic control of neural progenitor cells during development

(2012) S.-L. Tan et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Neurogenesis and progenitor cells in the adult human brain: A comparison between hippocampal and subventricular progenitor proliferation

(2012) Maurice A. Curtis et al.   Developmental Neurobiology

SoxC Transcription Factors Are Required for Neuronal Differentiation in Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis

(2012) L. Mu et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Tbr2 Is Essential for Hippocampal Lineage Progression from Neural Stem Cells to Intermediate Progenitors and Neurons

(2012) R. D. Hodge et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Intrinsically determined cell death of developing cortical interneurons

(2012) Derek G. Southwell et al.   NATURE

miR-7a regulation of Pax6 controls spatial origin of forebrain dopaminergic neurons

(2012) Antoine de Chevigny et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Unique Processing During a Period of High Excitation/Inhibition Balance in Adult-Born Neurons

(2012) Antonia Marín-Burgin et al.   SCIENCE

Acute Inflammation Initiates the Regenerative Response in the Adult Zebrafish Brain

(2012) N. Kyritsis et al.   SCIENCE

Regulation of Terminal Differentiation Programs in the Nervous System

(2011) Oliver Hobert   Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

Functional Integration of Dopaminergic Neurons Directly Converted from Mouse Fibroblasts

(2011) Jongpil Kim et al.   Cell Stem Cell

Direct Lineage Conversion of Terminally Differentiated Hepatocytes to Functional Neurons

(2011) Samuele Marro et al.   Cell Stem Cell

Regeneration of the adult zebrafish brain from neurogenic radial glia-type progenitors

(2011) V. Kroehne et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Neurogenesis in humans

(2011) Maurice A. Curtis et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Pioneer transcription factors: establishing competence for gene expression

(2011) K. S. Zaret et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

A novel function of the proneural factor Ascl1 in progenitor proliferation identified by genome-wide characterization of its targets

(2011) D. S. Castro et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Stab wound injury of the zebrafish telencephalon: A model for comparative analysis of reactive gliosis

(2011) Emily Violette Baumgart et al.   GLIA

A long noncoding RNA maintains active chromatin to coordinate homeotic gene expression

(2011) Kevin C. Wang et al.   NATURE

MicroRNA-mediated conversion of human fibroblasts to neurons

(2011) Andrew S. Yoo et al.   NATURE

Direct generation of functional dopaminergic neurons from mouse and human fibroblasts

(2011) Massimiliano Caiazzo et al.   NATURE

The stem cell potential of glia: lessons from reactive gliosis

(2011) Stefanie Robel et al.   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE

Ascl1 (Mash1) Defines Cells with Long-Term Neurogenic Potential in Subgranular and Subventricular Zones in Adult Mouse Brain

(2011) Euiseok J. Kim et al.   PLoS One

Direct conversion of human fibroblasts to dopaminergic neurons

(2011) U. Pfisterer et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

In Vivo Fate Mapping and Expression Analysis Reveals Molecular Hallmarks of Prospectively Isolated Adult Neural Stem Cells

(2010) Ruth Beckervordersandforth et al.   Cell Stem Cell

Efficient regeneration by activation of neurogenesis in homeostatically quiescent regions of the adult vertebrate brain

(2010) D. A. Berg et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Direct conversion of fibroblasts to functional neurons by defined factors

(2010) Thomas Vierbuchen et al.   NATURE

Fezf2 directs the differentiation of corticofugal neurons from striatal progenitors in vivo

(2010) Caroline Rouaux et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

The Transcription Factor Pax6 Regulates Survival of Dopaminergic Olfactory Bulb Neurons via Crystallin αA

(2010) Jovica Ninkovic et al.   NEURON

Murine Features of Neurogenesis in the Human Hippocampus across the Lifespan from 0 to 100 Years

(2010) Rolf Knoth et al.   PLoS One

Modulation of Fate Determinants Olig2 and Pax6 in Resident Glia Evokes Spiking Neuroblasts in a Model of Mild Brain Ischemia

(2010) Golo Kronenberg et al.   STROKE

Directing Astroglia from the Cerebral Cortex into Subtype Specific Functional Neurons

(2010) Christophe Heinrich et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Focal laser-lesions activate an endogenous population of neural stem/progenitor cells in the adult visual cortex

(2009) Swetlana Sirko et al.   BRAIN

Intermediate Neuronal Progenitors (Basal Progenitors) Produce Pyramidal–Projection Neurons for All Layers of Cerebral Cortex

(2009) Tom Kowalczyk et al.   CEREBRAL CORTEX

Selective Cortical Layering Abnormalities and Behavioral Deficits in Cortex-Specific Pax6 Knock-Out Mice

(2009) T. C. Tuoc et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Chromatin remodelling factor Mll1 is essential for neurogenesis from postnatal neural stem cells

(2009) Daniel A. Lim et al.   NATURE

Adult generation of glutamatergic olfactory bulb interneurons

(2009) Monika S Brill et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

AP2γ regulates basal progenitor fate in a region- and layer-specific manner in the developing cortex

(2009) Luisa Pinto et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Polycomb Limits the Neurogenic Competence of Neural Precursor Cells to Promote Astrogenic Fate Transition

(2009) Yusuke Hirabayashi et al.   NEURON

Adult-Generated Hippocampal Neurons Allow the Flexible Use of Spatially Precise Learning Strategies

(2009) Alexander Garthe et al.   PLoS One

A Dlx2- and Pax6-Dependent Transcriptional Code for Periglomerular Neuron Specification in the Adult Olfactory Bulb

(2008) M. S. Brill et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Intermediate Progenitors in Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis: Tbr2 Expression and Coordinate Regulation of Neuronal Output

(2008) R. D. Hodge et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Prospective isolation of functionally distinct radial glial subtypes—Lineage and transcriptome analysis

(2008) Luisa Pinto et al.   MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR NEUROSCIENCE

Roles of continuous neurogenesis in the structural and functional integrity of the adult forebrain

(2008) Itaru Imayoshi et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Regulatory logic of neuronal diversity: Terminal selector genes and selector motifs

(2008) O. Hobert   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA