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Neural division in Brain

Stephan Anagnostaras stephan at nospam.ucla.edu
Fri Nov 13 04:59:14 EST 1998


In article <364B7F4D.2340EECC at pop3.concentric.net>,
kkollins at concentric.net wrote:

> I agree. Unfortunately, I don't have immediate access to the journal,
which is,
> I believe, _Nature Neuroscience_. Cheers, Segundo, ken collins
> 

No, the article IS in Nature Medicine. This study is essentially a
replication of Fred Gage's work over the last few years in rats, mice, and
monkeys showing extensive cell generation in adult hippocampus.
Surprising, but true nonetheless. This has been implicated in learning as
well; there were several new studies about it at this week's Neuroscience
meeting, but the exact role of neurogenesis isn't well characterized yet.



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