50th Anniversary of Adult Neurogenesis: Olfaction, Hippocampus and Beyond

• Main Author: Alino Martinez-Marcos (auth)
• Other Authors: Jose L.Trejo (auth), Laura Lopez-Mascaraque (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2016
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Neurosciences; Stroke; Dopamine; Exercise; Epilepsy; Alzheimer; glia
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

In the mid-sixties, the discovery by Altman and co-workers of neurogenesis in the adult brain changed the previous conception of the immutability of this organ during adulthood sustained among others by Cajal. This discovery was ignored up to eighty's when Nottebohm demonstrated neurogenesis in...