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neurogenesis

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neurogenesis [¦nu̇r·ō′jen·ə·səs]
(embryology)
The formation of nerves.


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Put them in metal cages, kill them, and slice their brains for microscopy, and you find very little neurogenesis.
Timetables of neurogenesis in the human brain based on experimentally determined patterns in the rat.
Previous research had suggested that neurogenesis happens only in select locations in the brain, such as the hippocampus, a region involved in learning and memory.
 
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