2008年10月
Roles of continuous neurogenesis in the structural and functional integrity of the adult forebrain
NATURE NEUROSCIENCE
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- 巻
- 11
- 号
- 10
- 開始ページ
- 1153
- 終了ページ
- 1161
- 記述言語
- 英語
- 掲載種別
- 研究論文(学術雑誌)
- DOI
- 10.1038/nn.2185
- 出版者・発行元
- NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
Neurogenesis occurs continuously in the forebrain of adult mammals, but the functional importance of adult neurogenesis is still unclear. Here, using a genetic labeling method in adult mice, we found that continuous neurogenesis results in the replacement of the majority of granule neurons in the olfactory bulb and a substantial addition of granule neurons to the hippocampal dentate gyrus. Genetic ablation of newly formed neurons in adult mice led to a gradual decrease in the number of granule cells in the olfactory bulb, inhibition of increases in the granule cell number in the dentate gyrus and impairment of behaviors in contextual and spatial memory, which are known to depend on hippocampus. These results suggest that continuous neurogenesis is required for the maintenance and reorganization of the whole interneuron system in the olfactory bulb, the modulation and refinement of the existing neuronal circuits in the dentate gyrus and the normal behaviors involved in hippocampal-dependent memory.
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- ID情報
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- DOI : 10.1038/nn.2185
- ISSN : 1097-6256
- PubMed ID : 18758458
- Web of Science ID : WOS:000259528500012