2018 J Pathol. 246(4):415-421. Cells in the adult human spinal cord ependymal region do not proliferate after injury.

We show here for the first time that there is no proliferation in the ependymal region of the human spinal cord after Spinal cord injury, regardless the time after lesion and distance from the epicenter. This may question this region as a neurogenic niche and a source of new cells after damage in humans