Functional significance of adult neurogenesis

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 186-191

  Kempermann, Gerd ^a   Wiskott, Laurenz ^b   Gage, Fred H ^c  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

SGZ; Subgranular zone

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SLICE; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SURVIVAL; COCULTURE; COGNITION; DENTATE GYRUS; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LEARNING; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MEMORY; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY NERVE; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; REVIEW; SMELLING; STEM CELL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYNAPSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGING; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; HUMANS; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; STEM CELLS;

EID: 1842734672     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2004.03.001     Document Type: Review

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