Author: Laura Sanders / Source: Science News

Brain scientists have filmed a first-of-a-kind birth video.
It reveals specialized cells in the brains of mice dividing to create newborn nerve cells.The images, published in the Feb. 9 Science, show intricacies of how certain parts of the adult mouse brain can churn out new nerve cells. These details may help lead to a deeper understanding of the role of this nerve cell renewal in such processes as memory.
Deep in the brains of mice, a memory-related structure called the hippocampus is…
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