Organotypic Cultures as a Model to Study Adult Neurogenesis in CNS Disorders

Table 1

SVZ neural stem cell characterization by cellular marker expression.

	GFAP	CD133	EGFR	Nestin	DCX	III tubulin	NeuN	PDGFR	Proliferation
B cells
qNSC
aNSC
C cells
Transit amplifying
A cells
Neuroblast
Immature neurons
Glioblast

Proliferation is expressed by BrdU incorporation ability (Codega et al., 2014) [17]. Quiescent neural stem cells, qNSC, and activated neural stem cells, aNSC.