Discovery, localization, harvest, and propagation of an FGF2 and BDNF-responsive population of neural and neuronal progenitor cells in the adult human forebrain

摘要

The present invention provides neuronal progenitor cells which have been identified in histological sections of the adult human brain. The present invention also provides methods to localize, characterize, harvest, and propagate neuronal progenitor cells derived from human brain tissue. Additional methods are provided for introducing and expressing genes in the brain.