Glial cells, which can be divided into several types ... or sensory organs (Figure 1A). For example, some motor neurons in the spinal cord have axons that exceed 1 m in length, connecting the ...

For example, in adult mammal brains, neurons rarely divide. However, glial cells in the brain continue to divide throughout a mammal's adult life. Mammalian epithelial cells also turn over ...

In a recently published review, researchers led by Prof. Wu Qingfeng at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences explored the ongoing process of neural ...