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New Method Shows That Neocortical Nerve Cells Are Not Renewed

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Default New Method Shows That Neocortical Nerve Cells Are Not Renewed

New Method Shows That Neocortical Nerve Cells Are Not Renewed

Most bodily organs continually die and regrow a little at a time. It takes two years, for example, for all the cells of the liver to be replaced by fresh ones. Research from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden now shows that there is one important exception to this -- the nerve cells of the brain remain the same throughout a person's life.
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hmm... i thought they were renewable... goes this goes against that theory...
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