Newborn Neurons in Adult Brain Can Settle in the Wrong Neighborhood

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In a study that could have significant consequences for neural tissue transplantation strategies, researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies report that inactivating a specific gene in adult neural stem cells makes nerve cells emerging from those precursors form connections in the wrong part of the adult brain.

Researchers, led by Fred H. Gage, Ph.D

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