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Like any new kid on the block that tries to fit in, newborn brain cells need to find their place within the existing network of neurons. The newcomers jump right into the fray and preferentially reach out to mature brain cells that are already well connected within the established circuitry

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  • Avg rating: (+0/-0 0)WCFIELDS
    WCFIELDS
    May 8, 2007, 10:21 a.m.

    Good article. Seems like not too long ago we were told a person has a set number of brain cells and that was it. My X-Wife used that as a reason I should not drink beer.

    • Avg rating: (+0/-0 0)InChrist
      InChrist
      May 8, 2007, 12:40 p.m.

      Exercise your body and your brain will follow. Exercise is essential. People that want to age healthy and gracefully, exercise.

      • Avg rating: (+0/-0 0)Webreader
        Webreader
        May 8, 2007, 2:37 p.m.

        Who picked the photo to the right of this story? It certainly looks like something else than what the story is about. Maybe it is where 1/2 of humanity's 'brains' are, to phrase a coin. "Society" is said to revolve around these body parts, {"sex makes the world go 'round'} and the story suggests that these new neurons join a group the same way people do, jockeying for position to establish their cliques and "power groups." I hope this becomes established truth that our brains can grow and reconstitute themselves. Certainly some with serious head injuries have rehabbed themselves after much thereapy. Go for it! Perhaps Alice D. Head is recovering! One can exercise with all muscles, including the one used to lift a glass!

        • Avg rating: (+0/-0 0)cleare
          cleare
          May 8, 2007, 4:09 p.m.

          this article makes me feel like a have a borg collective in my head.

          • Avg rating: (+0/-0 0)caneher
            caneher
            May 8, 2007, 7:46 p.m.

            Yet another powerful reason why there should be funding for the research into artificially creating stem cell.

            • Avg rating: (+0/-0 0)adimoga
              adimoga
              May 9, 2007, 9:36 a.m.

              nice one :)

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