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Kempermann, Gerd; Gage, Fred H. – Scientific American, 1999
Contrary to dogma, the human brain does produce new nerve cells in adulthood. The mature human brain spawns neurons routinely in the hippocampus, an area important to memory and learning. This research can make it possible to ease any number of disorders involving neurological damage and death. (CCM)
Descriptors: Alzheimers Disease, Brain, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Cytology
