Amanda Sierra

Summary

Publications

  1. ncbi Microglia shape adult hippocampal neurogenesis through apoptosis-coupled phagocytosis
    Amanda Sierra
    Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    Cell Stem Cell 7:483-95. 2010
  2. ncbi Neural stem cell deforestation as the main force driving the age-related decline in adult hippocampal neurogenesis
    Juan M Encinas
    Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute at Texas Children s Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    Behav Brain Res 227:433-9. 2012
  3. ncbi Adult human neurogenesis: from microscopy to magnetic resonance imaging
    Amanda Sierra
    Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute at Texas Children s Hospital Houston, TX, USA
    Front Neurosci 5:47. 2011

Collaborators

  • Juan M Encinas

Detail Information

Publications3

  1. ncbi Microglia shape adult hippocampal neurogenesis through apoptosis-coupled phagocytosis
    Amanda Sierra
    Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    Cell Stem Cell 7:483-95. 2010
    ..Our results suggest that the main critical period of newborn cell survival occurs within a few days of birth and reveal a new role for microglia in maintaining the homeostasis of the baseline neurogenic cascade...
  2. ncbi Neural stem cell deforestation as the main force driving the age-related decline in adult hippocampal neurogenesis
    Juan M Encinas
    Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute at Texas Children s Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    Behav Brain Res 227:433-9. 2012
    ..We describe herein the most important events in determining the amount of neurogenesis in the dentate gyrus and examine the literature to understand the effects of age throughout the cascade...
  3. ncbi Adult human neurogenesis: from microscopy to magnetic resonance imaging
    Amanda Sierra
    Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute at Texas Children s Hospital Houston, TX, USA
    Front Neurosci 5:47. 2011
    ..We first review the different methods available to assess human neurogenesis, both ex vivo and in vivo and then appraise the changes of adult neurogenesis in human diseases...