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Your brain can still make new neurons when you're an adult. But how does the rare birth of these new neurons contribute to cognitive function? To uncover the relationship between neurogenesis in ...

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But in humans, the technical challenges of identifying and analyzing new neurons in adult brains, combined with their rarity, had led scientists to doubt their significance to brain function.

Your brain can still make new neurons when you're an adult. But how does the rare birth of these new neurons contribute to cognitive function? Neurons are the cells that govern brain function, and you ...

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Your brain can still make new neurons when you're an adult. But how does the rare birth of these new neurons contribute to cognitive function? Neurons are the cells that govern brain function ...

We found that new neurons in the adult brain are linked to reduced cognitive decline—particularly in verbal learning, or learning by listening to others. Researchers know that new neurons ...

and autonomic brain function in healthy individuals: Age- and sex-related differences," was recently published in the journal Neurobiology of Aging and examined 146 healthy adults aged 18 and older.