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When day meets night: Subsiding calcium signalling translates daylight into new neurones.

Authors :
Verkhratsky A
Dayanithi G
Source :
Cell calcium [Cell Calcium] 2021 May; Vol. 95, pp. 102385. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Mar 01.
Publication Year :
2021

Abstract

Day/night cycle controls neurogenesis; melatonin released from pineal gland in darkness stimulates intracellular Ca <superscript>2+</superscript> dynamics thus decreasing proliferation of neural stem cells. In the daylight intracellular Ca <superscript>2+</superscript> activity subsides, which stimulates neural stem cells division and increases generation of newborn neurones.<br /> (Copyright © 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1532-1991
Volume :
95
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Cell calcium
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
33750576
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceca.2021.102385