New Life in the Brain.

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  • Author(s): Rogers, Adam
  • Source:
    Newsweek. 11/9/1998, Vol. 132 Issue 19, p63. 2/3p. 1 Color Photograph.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      BRAIN; CELL growth; GAGE, Fred; ERIKSSON, Peter; DEVELOPMENTAL neurobiology; CYTOLOGY
    • Abstract:
      Reports that a team of United States and Swedish researchers has evidence that nerve cells in the brain may regenerate. Publication of their findings in the November 1998 issue of `Nature Medicine'; Possible application of the finding to cures for neurological disorders; The experiment conducted by neurobiologist Fred Gage of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies and Peter Eriksson of Sahlgrenska University; Their plans for further study. INSET: Do Mental Workouts Make Your Brain Bigger?.