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The debate over how long our brains keep making new nerve cells heats up

Author: Laura Sanders / Source: Science News

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DWINDLING DOWN Young nerve cells (green) were spotted in the memory-related hippocampus of a newborn (left), but rarely in a sample from a 13-year-old (center). And none were seen in adults, including this sample from a 35-year-old (right).

Adult mice and other rodents sprout new nerve cells in memory-related parts of their brains.

People, not so much. That’s the surprising conclusion of a series of experiments on human brains of various ages first described at a meeting in November (SN: 12/9/17, p. 10). A more complete description of the finding, published online March 7 in Nature, gives heft to the controversial…

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