Open AccessOff the Beaten Track: New Neurons in the Adult Human Striatum
Author(s) -
Gerd Kempermann
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
cell
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 26.304
H-Index - 776
eISSN - 1097-4172
pISSN - 0092-8674
DOI - 10.1016/j.cell.2014.02.027
Subject(s) - olfactory bulb , neurogenesis , biology , striatum , neuroscience , neocortex , hippocampus , central nervous system , dopamine
In the adult brain, new neurons are produced in two "canonical" regions: the hippocampus and the olfactory bulb. Ernst et al. now show that, unlike other species, humans also display robust neurogenesis in the striatum, an unexpected finding with important physiological, pathological, and evolutionary implications.
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