Regenerating your senses: multiple roles for neurogenesis in the adult brain
The adult mouse brain continuously supplies new neurons to the olfactory bulb and hippocampus. A new study in this issue shows that ongoing neurogenesis is essential for maintenance of the olfactory bulb and for spatial memory.
This work has been supported in part by the Spanish National Research Program (MAT2015-69967-C3-1), by a research grant of the Spanish Blind Organization (ONCE) and by Programa de Ayudas a Grupos de Excelencia de la Region de Murcia, from Fundacion Seneca, Agencia de ciencia y Tecnologia de la Region de Murcia.