All information system cells (“nervous system”) belong to the same class of cells.

Same progenitors –

Transdifferentiable –

Interdependencies –


tl;dr neurons, glia, etc are the same class of cells from the same precursor cells, and can be checkpointed into each other (mostly). I’m going to put time into writing a formal screed/book based around this conceit. I’ve been reluctant to do so in the past because this has always felt like a pastiche of ideas, this is a nice unifying construct that can introduce helpful new models.


Radial stem astrocytes (aka neural stem cells): identity, development, physio-pathology and therapeutic potential

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