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DNA Synthesis and Cell Division in the Adult Primate Brain a
Author(s) -
RAKIC PASKO
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1985.tb20806.x
Subject(s) - citation , primate , haven , medical school , section (typography) , psychology , library science , medicine , neuroscience , medical education , computer science , mathematics , combinatorics , operating system
Autoradiographic analysis of juvenile and adult monkeys that received single or multiple injection of the specific DNA precursor, [3H]thymidine, demonstrates slight turnover of glial cells, but failed to provide any evidence of either neuronal addition or replacement. Therefore, while the brains of nonmammalian vertebrates and possibly some nonprimate mammals may display variable degrees of postembryonic neurogenesis, all neurons of the primate central nervous system are generated during restricted developmental periods, mostly before birth and not after infancy. It is not surprising that a stable population of neurons in mature primates, including man, may be essential for the retention of memory and learned behavior.