Neurons - are they arrested in G0 or G1?

[pretty_positron]

I have always thought G0, but I got a question wrong saying that they're in extended G1. Apparently, they're the same sometimes? Can someone clarify?

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[Sarahka74]

"G0 phase is viewed as either an extended G1 phase, where the cell is neither dividing nor preparing to divide, or a distinct quiescent stage that occurs outside of the cell cycle. G0 is sometimes referred to as a "post-mitotic" state, since cells in G0 are in a non-dividing phase outside of the cell cycle."