In rats as well as in humans (Fig. 1), they detected the marker in the hippocampus, a region known to harbor adult neurogenesis, but not in the cortex, where neurogenesis does not occur.

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. Much of the work on neurogenesis has been done in animals. In the latest study, Shawn Sorrells and Mercedes Paredes of the University of ...

Your brain can still make new neurons when you’re an adult. But how does the rare birth of these new neurons contribute to ...