Neuroscience labs around the world may need to reevaluate some of their assumptions about whether what works in animals will really produce meaningful treatments for people.
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The scientists behind a controversial new study were surprised by their own results. But they carefully did all they could to 'prove a negative,' and their neurogenesis study is shaking up the field.
Without the ability to rewire itself, the brain wouldn't be able to grow or recover from injury.
For years, conventional wisdom held that growing older tends to be bad news for brains. Past behavioral data largely pointed to loss in cognitive – that is, thinking – abilities with age, including poorer…
Until a few years ago, it was assumed that humans were born with the maximum number of neurons that we were ever going to have. There was no chance of self-replenishment as we got older, or if we suffered…
Researchers have used the radioactive fallout from atomic bomb tests to show that new neurons are produced in one part of…
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Emeritus Professor of Anatomy, Physiology and Human Biology, University of Western Australia
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