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ArticleScientific reports2017

A simulation model of neuroprogenitor proliferation dynamics predicts age-related loss of hippocampal neurogenesis but not astrogenesis.

Sol Beccari, Jorge Valero, Mirjana Maletic-Savatic, Amanda Sierra

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Article in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17 citing papers in PubMed.

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  11. Microglia Actively Remodel Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis through the Phagocytosis Secretome.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2020
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Sol BeccariAchucarro Basque Center for Neuroscience, Leioa, Bizkaia, Spain.
Jorge ValeroAchucarro Basque Center for Neuroscience, Leioa, Bizkaia, Spain.
Mirjana Maletic-SavaticJan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute at Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Amanda SierraAchucarro Basque Center for Neuroscience, Leioa, Bizkaia, Spain. amanda.sierra@achucarro.org.ORCID 0000-0001-8415-096X

Funding

Imaging Mass Spectrometry for metabolome mappingR01GM120033 · NIGMS · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI LIU, ZHANDONG, MALETIC-SAVATIC, MIRJANA · 2017 to 2021
$2.5M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM120033
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Adult hippocampal neuroprogenitors give rise to both neurons and astrocytes. As neuroprogenitors are lost with increased age, neurogenesis concomitantly decreases. However, the dynamics of neuron and astrocyte generation throughout adulthood has not been systematically examined. Here, we analyzed the hippocampal niche both longitudinally (from 2 h to 30d of cell life) and transversally (from 1 m to 12 m of age) and generated a Marsaglia polar random simulation model to predict newborn cell dynamics. The sharp decrease in newborn neuron production throughout adulthood was largely predicted by the number of proliferating neuroprogenitors at each age. In contrast, newborn astrocyte decay was slower and associated with their increased yield in mature mice. As a result, the niche shifted from neurogenic to neuro/astrogenic with increased age. Our data provide a simple "end-point" model to understand the hippocampal niche changes across adulthood and suggest yet unexplored functions of newborn astrocytes for the aging hippocampal circuitry.

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Models, BiologicalNeurogenesisAge FactorsAnimalsAstrocytesBiomarkersCell CountCell DifferentiationCell ProliferationCell SurvivalFluorescent Antibody TechniqueHippocampusImmunohistochemistryMaleMiceMice, TransgenicBiomarkers

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PMID29184142
PMCPMC5705784

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