By Neuroscience News –
Scientists have discovered that neural stem cells (NSCs) receive constant feedback from their daughter cells, influencing whether they remain dormant or activate to form new neurons and glia. This parent-child relationship helps regulate brain regeneration and repair.
The study also reveals that calcium signaling plays a key role in how NSCs decode multiple signals from their environment. If NSCs produce only a few daughter cells, they activate; if they produce many, they stay dormant.
