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How plastic is the adult brain?
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HOW PLASTIC IS THE ADULT BRAIN? For centuries, neuroscientist believed that neurogenesis within the adult brain remained fixed. Another assumption was that the higher vertebrates and humans are born with their full complement of neurons, with the restriction of postnatal neurogenesis taking place. The aim of this essay will target the new findings that will review the dogma that neurogenesis does occur and will be able to give a broader understanding of the complexity of the adult brain and its function. Previous research into neurogenesis assumed there was no logic that the adult circuitry had the capability of being able to add new components after development. Nevertheless, recent research has provided the key evidence that the adult brain does have the capability for neurogenesis to occur, which will bring this long held dogma down. Since the late twentieth century, new research into this dogma has proved to be wrong....
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