Much of the work (and debate) on neurogenesis and disease has focused on the function of newborn neurons in mood disorders such as depression. (scientificamerican.com)
«They clearly demonstrate that drugs can be used to improve the development of newborn neurons in memory centers of the adult brain, even in the presence of toxic factors widely presumed to cause AD.» (gladstone.org)
The stem cell closely resembles the radial glial cell in structure and behavior and, like the radial glia, has radial fibers which newborn neurons migrate along up to the neocortex. (ucsf.edu)