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    Neurogenesis

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    Neurogenesis Empty Neurogenesis

    Post by Kitkat Mon 01 Jul 2019, 15:09

    (From the Free Encyclopedia) Article of the Day:

    Neurogenesis

    The human nervous system is composed of some 200 billion cells called neurons, about half of which are found in the brain.  Neurogenesis, the process through which neurons are formed, is most active during prenatal development.  Though early neuroanatomists believed that the adult nervous sstem is fixed and incapable of regeneration, neurogenesis actually continues throughout life.  Studies have shown that lack of sleep reduces neurogenesis and exercise increases it. 
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