ATG7 and congenital rubella syndrome: To overcome this obstacle and study the role of autophagy in the effects of psychological stress on adult hippocampal NSCs, a Nestin-Cre-ERT2 mouse line was crossed with Atg7 flox mice, and Atg7 deletion was induced in the offspring at 7 weeks of age; these NSC-specific cKO mice (Atg7-NSC cKO mice) were subjected to CRS.