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Science 18 August 2006:
Vol. 313. no. 5789, pp. 928 - 929
DOI: 10.1126/science.1131713
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NEUROSCIENCE:
No More Cortical Neurons for You

Pasko Rakic

Are new neurons born in the cortex of the adult human brain? An advanced method of cell birth dating appears to answer this contentious question in the negative.

The author is in the Department of Neurobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520-8001, USA. E-mail: pasko.rakic{at}yale.edu

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