Off the beaten track: new neurons in the adult human striatum.

Kempermann, Gerd · Cell · 2014

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

In the adult brain, new neurons are produced in two "canonical" regions: the hippocampus and the olfactory bulb. Ernst et al. now show that, unlike other species, humans also display robust neurogenesis in the striatum, an unexpected finding with important physiological, pathological, and evolutionary implications.

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