Is More Neurogenesis Always Better?
- 19 January 2007
- journal article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 315 (5810), 336-338
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1138711
Abstract
The clinical relevance of increasing neurogenesis in the adult mammalian brain is being questioned as increasing the number of new neurons has positive effects on some brain functions but not others.Keywords
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