Special congratulations to Hechen Bao who was both co-first author on the paper and cover designer!
Cell Stem Cell picked their Best Articles and Covers for 2017 which include a Song Lab paper published in November 2, 2017 issue of Cell Stem Cell titled, “Long-Range GABAergic Inputs Regulate Neural Stem Cell Quiescence and Control Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis” was selected as one out of eight best articles for 2017! Hechen Bao, Postdoc in the Song Lab, and Brent Asrican, Res. Assistant Professor in the Song Lab, are co-first authors on the paper.
The researchers identified a neurogenesis-controlling brain circuit that runs from near the front of the brain back to the hippocampus, a learning- and memory-related structure. The hippocampus is one of the major sites of neurogenesis in the adult human brain, and the circuit that Song鈥檚 team has identified regulates this neuron-producing process.
Cell Stem Cell also picked the Cover art that accompanied this paper as one of five Best Picks for 2017!From Cell Stem Cell Cover Description:On the cover: In this issue, Bao et al. (604鈥�617) show that long-range GABAergic projections from medial septum (MS) are necessary and sufficient for regulating neurogenesis through dentate local PV interneurons. The cover image is an artistic modification of the MS GABAergic projections acquired from Micro-Optical Sectioning Tomography (MOST) by Dr. Hui Gong from HUST. Flying birds allude to messengers sending GABA transmitter to the neurogenic niche. The lake and forest pictured below represent local PV interneurons nourishing neural stem cells. Cover designed by Hechen Bao and Mengting Dai [lab technician in the Song Lab].
Congratulations to co-first authors, Hechen Bao and Brent African!
Brent African and Hechen Bao with Cell Stem Cell Best of 2017 Cover
Congratulations to senior author, Juan Song, and cover designers Hechen Bao and Mengting Dai!
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Juan Song, Assistant Professor of Pharmacology was senior author on the paper. Contributing authors from the Song Lab are Szu-Aun Lim and Isaac Haniff, both Undergraduate Researchers.
Congratulations to contributing authors, Szu-Aun Lim and Isaac Haniff!
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| Szu-Aun Lim | Isaac Haniff |