Can We Grow New Brain Cells?
Contradictory studies on neurogenesis are challenging what we know about the aging brain.
By Lacy Schley
Jan 1, 2019 6:00 AMNov 18, 2019 3:14 AM
Researchers thought that even mature brains continue to grow new neurons. A study of neuronal activity in the hippocampus raises questions about that assumption. | National Institute on Aging/national institutes of health
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