AUTHOR=Sequerra Eduardo B. TITLE=Subventricular zone progenitors in time and space: generating neuronal diversity JOURNAL=Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience VOLUME=8 YEAR=2014 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fncel.2014.00434 DOI=10.3389/fncel.2014.00434 ISSN=1662-5102 ABSTRACT=The adult mammalian brain harbors a population of cells around their lateral ventricles capable of giving rise to new neurons throughout life. The so-called subventricular zone (SVZ) is a heterogeneous germinative niche in regard to the neuronal types it generates. SVZ progenitors give rise to different olfactory bulb (OB) interneuron types in accordance to their position along the ventricles. Here, I review data showing the difference between progenitors located along different parts of the SVZ axes and ages. I also discuss possible mechanisms for the origin of this diversity.