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Nature Neuroscience 11, 1124 - 1126 (2008)
doi:10.1038/nn1008-1124

Regenerating your senses: multiple roles for neurogenesis in the adult brain

Paul W Frankland1 & Freda D Miller1

  1. Paul W. Frankland is in the Neurosciences and Mental Health Program, and Freda D. Miller is in the Developmental and Stem Cell Biology Program, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 1X8.
    e-mail: paul.frankland@sickkids.ca or e-mail: fredam@sickkids.ca


The adult mouse brain continuously supplies new neurons to the olfactory bulb and hippocampus. A new study in this issue shows that ongoing neurogenesis is essential for maintenance of the olfactory bulb and for spatial memory.

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