On Wed, 24 Jul 1996, Simon Schultz wrote:
>> In 1982 it was reported that in rats, dentate granule cells continued to
> be added to the hippocampus over the whole first year of life (no results
> for thereafter) (Bayer et al 1982, Science 218:890-892). Does anyone know
> of any evidence since then that this is a real phenomenon, and whether it
> transfers across species?
>> West and Gunderson (1989, J. Comp. Neurol. 296:1-22) found no evidence of
> continual addition of granule cells in the human, although there were
> only 5 specimens and they started at just under 50 years.
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>>There was a paper in this years J. of Neuroscience on Granule cell
Neurogenesis in the hippocampus. I don't have the reference with me though.
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