Subependymal zone
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The subependymal zone is a cell layer surrounding the lateral ventricles
in the brain. This region contains adult neural stem cells which have the potential to generate new neurons and glial cells. It is an adult version of the embryonic forebrain germinal zone.
Ilias Kazanis at the University of Cambridge compares the subependymal zone to a beating heart which "continuously sends new cells to different areas of the brain: neurons to the olfactory bulbs and glial cells to the cortex and the corpus callosum."
Lateral ventricles
The lateral ventricles are part of the ventricular system of the brain. Classified as part of the telencephalon, they are the largest of the ventricles....
in the brain. This region contains adult neural stem cells which have the potential to generate new neurons and glial cells. It is an adult version of the embryonic forebrain germinal zone.
Ilias Kazanis at the University of Cambridge compares the subependymal zone to a beating heart which "continuously sends new cells to different areas of the brain: neurons to the olfactory bulbs and glial cells to the cortex and the corpus callosum."