How does a neural stem cell know its age?

Researchers at IMBA-Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences show how neural stem cells determine their “age”, or temporal identity, which is an important prerequisite for healthy brain development.

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Original Publication: Abdusselamogluet al., “The transcription factor odd-paired regulates temporal identity in transit-amplifying neural progenitors via an incoherent feed-forward loop”, eLife , https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.46566.001