Why do adults make new brain cells? A new study published in Cell Stem Cell provides the first cellular evidence that making new brain cells in adults supports verbal learning and memory, which ...
A new study provides the first cellular evidence that making new brain cells in adults supports verbal learning and memory, which enables people to have conversations and to remember what they hear.
Using brain tissue from epilepsy patients, researchers discovered a direct link between fewer immature brain cells and cognitive decline, particularly in verbal learning and memory.
"Brain areas involved in processing numbers can be delineated and extra care taken to avoid damaging these areas during neurosurgical interventions," said lead author Alexander Rockhill, Ph.D., a ...