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Sebastian S Roeder1, Petra Burkardt1, Fabian Rost2,3,4,5

  • 1Department of Neurology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany.

Communications Biology
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New neurons are born in the adult human amygdala, a brain region crucial for emotion and memory. This postnatal neurogenesis occurs at a rate comparable to the hippocampus.

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