neurogenesis

Can Your Brain Grow New Cells as You Age? Science Says Yes
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Can Your Brain Grow New Cells as You Age? Science Says Yes

For decades, medical textbooks declared that adults cannot grow new brain cells. Once your neurons died, that was it. But a landmark study from Karolinska Institutet has overturned this long-held belief, showing that adults—even into their late seventies—can generate new neurons in the hippocampus, the brain’s center for memory and learning. This finding not only…