Definition: Neurogenesis

Neurogenesis

The process in which new neurons are created.

It happens frequently before birth and during childhood, however this decreases once at adulthood.

The neurogenesis during adulthood ( Adult neurogenesis ) only happens in the dentate gyrus and the subventricular zone.

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Dentate gyrus

Subventricular zone

Neurons

The dentate gyrus and pattern separation

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