G Confocal images of 8 week- and 14 month-old NestinCreERT2; GFP animals, which received tamoxifen for five days (10 times, every 12 h) and were killed 12 days after the last tamoxifen shot. The majority of recombined cells were rNSCs [SOX2+ cell nuclei (cyan) residing in the SGZ with a NESTIN+ radial process (white)] and IPCs/neuroblasts [SOX2+ (cyan) nuclei located to the SGZ, DCX+ cells (magenta) in the SGZ and GZ, respectively], and only very few astrocytes [SOX2+ cells (cyan) in the hilus, GZ, and ML] were generated by initially recombined rNSCs. H Quantification of total numbers of recombined (GFP+) rNSCs, IPCs/neuroblasts, astrocytes per area in the DGs of 8 week- and 14 month-old animals. rNSCs: * p = 0.0460; IPCs/neuroblasts: **** < 0.0001; astrocytes: not significant; unpaired t-test. Data information: All data are represented as mean ± SEM; number of experimental animals (indicated by red dots): ; (H) n = 3 in 8 week-old mice, n = 5 in 14 month-old mice ; dotted lines border SGZ and GZ; scale bars = 50 µm. 