Adult Mammalian Forebrain Ependymal and Subependymal Cells Demonstrate Proliferative Potential, but only Subependymal Cells Have Neural Stem Cell Characteristics

This work was supported by the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada, Medical Research Council (MRC) and National Centres of Excellence postdoctoral fellowships to B.J.C, an MRC postdoctoral fellowship to C.M.M., and an MRC doctoral research award to V.T. We thank Brenda Coles and Esther Galindo for excellent technical assistance.

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