{"term":{"id":"11945","title":"neuroprogenitor cell","longtitle":"IUPAC Gold Book - neuroprogenitor cell","doi":"10.1351\/goldbook.11945","code":"11945","status":"current","definitions":[{"id":1,"text":"Precursor cell that is capable of differentiating into specific cell types of the nervous system.","notes":{"1":"The term typically refers to a cell that has further committed beyond an early neural stem cell, either by being located in a particular region of the nervous system or destined for a particular type of neuron.","2":"The renewal potential of neuroprogenitor cells is typically reduced relative to neural stem cells."},"links":[{"term":"nervous system","url":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/\/terms\/view\/11916"},{"term":"neural stem cells","url":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/\/terms\/view\/11920"}],"sources":["PAC, 2015, 87, 841. 'IUPAC Glossary of terms used in neurotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2015)' on page 889 (https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1515\/pac-2015-0103)"]}],"altoutputs":{"html":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/11945\/html","xml":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/11945\/xml","plain":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/11945\/plain"},"citation":"Citation: 'neuroprogenitor cell' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351\/goldbook.11945","license":"The IUPAC Gold Book is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike CC BY-SA 4.0 International (https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/) for individual terms.","collection":"If you are interested in licensing the Gold Book for commercial use, please contact the IUPAC Executive Director at executivedirector@iupac.org .","disclaimer":"The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) is continuously reviewing and, where needed, updating terms in the Compendium of Chemical Terminology (the IUPAC Gold Book). Users of these terms are encouraged to include the version of a term with its use and to check regularly for updates to term definitions that you are using.","accessed":"2026-07-14T12:23:32+00:00"}}