{"id":175835,"date":"2023-11-11T14:25:32","date_gmt":"2023-11-11T20:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/11\/adult-made-neurons-mature-longer-have-unique-functions"},"modified":"2023-11-11T14:25:32","modified_gmt":"2023-11-11T20:25:32","slug":"adult-made-neurons-mature-longer-have-unique-functions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/11\/adult-made-neurons-mature-longer-have-unique-functions","title":{"rendered":"Adult-made neurons mature longer, have unique functions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/J8BnvIku0kw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC6659986\/#:~:text=Neurogenesis%20in%20adult%20humans%20remains%20a%20controversial%20area%20of%20research%20among%20neuroscientists.&text=While%20some%20researchers%20report%20that, brains%20persists%20into%20old%20age.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The challenge of measuring adult neurogenesis<\/a> is difficult, but it\u2019s not impossible. A big part of the solution is knowing what to measure and where. While this new study was performed on rats\u2014and therefore may be a poor predictor of what we\u2019ll see in humans\u2014it can direct future research by showing neuroscientists where to look and what to look for.<\/p>\n<p>And unlike the hard problem of consciousness, unraveling <a href=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/mind-brain\/neurogenesis-in-adults\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">the mysteries of adult neurogenesis<\/a> may have clinical applications. Better the lifecycle of neurons may reveal how neurological disorders such as Parkinson\u2019s and Alzheimer\u2019s disease emerge. There\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC6091047\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">even research<\/a> linking disorders such as depression and anxiety to neurogenesis activity.<\/p>\n<p>This knowledge may lead to new treatments, but if not, it could also reveal a better understanding of how our lifestyles and environments support brain health and regeneration <a href=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/mind-brain\/super-agers-brain\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">throughout human life<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The challenge of measuring adult neurogenesis is difficult, but it\u2019s not impossible. A big part of the solution is knowing what to measure and where. While this new study was performed on rats\u2014and therefore may be a poor predictor of what we\u2019ll see in humans\u2014it can direct future research by showing neuroscientists where to look [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,1495,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-175835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-health","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175835\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}