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Old 08-25-2014, 03:35 PM
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Originally Posted by thorx89 View Post
The brain does have stem cells and it does regenerate. Yours is a long-outdated view. Google "neurogenesis". ;-)
brain cells are generated extremely slowly in adulthood and only for certain functions. That is why a liver can regrow so much. The brain has very limited capacity to create new cells or I think perhaps a number of us wouldn't need o be on this board anymore
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