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The Neurogenesis and Cell Fate [NCF] Study Section reviews applications concerned with the initial formation of cells in the developing nervous system, as well as neural progenitor proliferation, specification, determination, and differentiation.  Also included are studies involving the initiation and regulation of cell cycle and circadian or oscillatory processes in the nervous system. Emphasis is on fundamental mechanisms underlying these processes in normal development and in responses to disease, injury, and extrinsic factors. Specific areas covered by NCF:

• Regulation of the cell cycle in neurons and glia; mechanisms of growth arrest and re-initiation of cell division and differentiation.
• Fundamental cellular and molecular mechanisms of neural induction in normal development, including transcriptional and translational regulation and signaling pathways.
• Cellular and molecular mechanisms through which the embryonic neural ectoderm acquires the characteristics of adult brain regions, including regionalization of gene transcription, cell-cell interactions, migration and signals or extrinsic factors that influence these events.
• Cellular and molecular mechanisms of neural and glial stem cell and progenitor cell induction, proliferation, migration, and phenotypic restriction; utilization of neural and glial stem cells for repair following developmental and degenerative disease and injury.
• Initiation and regulation of circadian and oscillatory processes; signals and extrinsic factors that influence circadian rhythmicity.

Study sections with most closely related areas of science listed in rank order include:

Neurodifferentiation, Plasticity, and Regeneration [NDPR]
Development-2 [DEV2]
Developmental Brain Disorders [DBD]
Clinical Neurophysiology and Neurotransmitters [CNNT]