![]() ![]() “The encouraging news is that these memory deficits were completely reversible in mice, raising the possibility that we can prevent or treat memory loss related to aging or dementia in humans,” says study leader Alex Dranovsky, MD, PhD, associate professor of psychiatry at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. ![]() In a new mouse study, Columbia University researchers found that neurogenesis in adults is critical for maintaining brain circuits that support working memory across the lifespan and chronic loss of adult neurogenesis causes progressive memory loss, like that seen in age-related cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s disease in humans. ![]() But it’s still not clear what role these new neurons play in health or disease. A quarter-century ago, researchers discovered that adults, not just developing infants, can generate new brain cells, a process called neurogenesis. ![]()
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