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Psychiatry/Neuroscience

The Regenerative Potential of Neural Stem Cells

This month, Flora M. Vaccarino, M.D. discusses
CME credit is no longer available for this conference.

Course Authors

Flora M. Vaccarino, M.D.

Release Date: 12/06/2001

 
Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this Cyberounds®, you should be able to:

  • Discuss how the key characteristics of neural stem cells make them potentially important for promoting regeneration

  • Outline the differences between embryonic and adult neural stem cells

  • Describe some of the extrinsic factors that regulate the proliferation and survival of neural stem cells.

 

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