title: Off the beaten track: new neurons in the adult human striatum.
abstract: In the adult brain, new neurons are produced in two "canonical" regions: the hippocampus and the olfactory bulb. Ernst et al. now show that, unlike other species, humans also display robust neurogenesis in the striatum, an unexpected finding with important physiological, pathological, and evolutionary implications.
authors.affiliation: German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) Dresden, and CRTD Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden, Technische Universität Dresden, Fetscherstraße 105, 01307 Dresden, Germany. Electronic address: gerd.kempermann@dzne.de.
authors.forename: Gerd
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kempermann
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001479:Basal Ganglia / Q000166:cytology*; D006801:Humans; D055495:Neurogenesis; D009474:Neurons / Q000166:cytology*