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by wombatmobile 1915 days ago
> One stem cell population is adjacent to the substantia nigra, but produces neurons which migrate to an entirely different region of the brain (involving a "cell highway" known as the rostral migratory stream).

However, the migration can be demand driven, in response to disease conditions.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18394605/