Written on 05-05-2018

In a recent study, researchers from UCSF found that adult brains don’t produce new neurons. Another, published just a few weeks later by scientists from Columbia University, says they continue to make new neurons at almost the same rate as during childhood. Both from top universities, but with opposite outcomes. Why might that be?

The Economist investigates:  –

加利福尼亞大學舊金山分校的研究人員在一項近期的研究發現，成人的大腦不會再製造新的神經細胞。然而，數星期前由哥倫比亞大學科學家發佈的研究則表示，成人的大腦會持續製造新的神經細胞，其增長速率與孩童時期相若。兩間都是世界知名的頂級大學，然而所得的結論卻截然不同，為甚麼會出現這樣的矛盾情況呢？

想了解更多，可瀏覽以下網站：https://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21740397-one-paper-says-yes-another-says-no-do-adult-human-brains-renew-their-neurons