Ian McLeod <ian_mcleod at primus.com.au> wrote:
> Did anyone read the New Scientist article, dated 12 February 2000?
> Studies on rats and some other animals have shown that the regrowth of
> neurons in the hippocampus is possible, perhaps in other regions such as
> the cortex.
> This sounds amazing to me.. Too amazing..
No, no. This is now regarded as fact. See for instance
Nature Medicine 1998 Nov;4(11):1313-7
Neurogenesis in the adult human hippocampus.
Eriksson PS, Perfilieva E, Bjork-Eriksson T, Alborn AM, Nordborg C,
Peterson DA, Gage FH