Brain Injury

Recuperative Powers May Be Greater Than Previously Thought

Published in Pain and Central Nervous System Week, March 31st, 2001

Contrary to long-held popular belief, our brains may not only produce new brain cells or neurons throughout life, but the newly generated neurons quickly become involved in the formation of new memories - a fact that may have positive implications for the recuperative powers of our own brains when damaged by stroke or other disease or trauma.

In a study published in the March 15, 2001, issue of the journal Nature, Rutgers psychology professor Tracey J. Shors and Princeton University psychology professor Elizabeth Gould found that newly generated neurons in the hippocampus area of animal brains help form new memories.

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