Adult Human Brain Neural Progenitor Cells (NPCs) and Fibroblast-Like Cells Have Similar Properties In Vitro but Only NPCs Differentiate into Neurons

• Thomas In-Hyeup Park,

  Affiliations Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, The Centre for Brain Research, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, Department of Anatomy and Radiology, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

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• Hector Monzo,

  Affiliations The Centre for Brain Research, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, Department of Anatomy and Radiology, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

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• Edward W. Mee,

  Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand

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• Peter S. Bergin,

  Affiliation Department of Neurology, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand

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• Hoon H. Teoh,

  Affiliation Labtests, Auckland, New Zealand

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• Johanna M. Montgomery,

  Affiliations The Centre for Brain Research, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

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• Richard L. M. Faull,

  Affiliations The Centre for Brain Research, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, Department of Anatomy and Radiology, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

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• Maurice A. Curtis,

  Affiliations The Centre for Brain Research, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, Department of Anatomy and Radiology, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

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• Mike Dragunow

  * E-mail: m.dragunow@auckland.ac.nz

  Affiliations Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, The Centre for Brain Research, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

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