An assessment of the existence of adult neurogenesis in humans and value of its rodent models for neuropsychiatric diseases

In sub-mammalian vertebrates like fishes, amphibians, and reptiles, new neurons are produced during the entire lifespan. This capacity diminishes considerably in birds and even more in mammals where it persists only in the olfactory system and hippocampal dentate gyrus. Adult neurogenesis declines e...

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