Perspective: Of Mice and Men - How Widespread Is Adult Neurogenesis?
Level 5 - mechanism / opinion, no new human data
Narrative commentary and perspective discussing existing literature without new empirical data
PubMed 31555083 · doi:10.3389/fnins.2019.00923
What was done
This commentary discusses recent research articles presenting conflicting evidence for and against the existence of adult hippocampal neurogenesis (AHN) in the healthy and diseased human brain.
What was found
The abstract provides no quantitative data or specific numerical findings, serving instead as a conceptual commentary on the ongoing scientific debate surrounding human adult neurogenesis.
Why it matters
It highlights the conflicting literature on whether adult neurogenesis occurs in humans and calls for clarity in the neurogenesis research field.
Limits
The abstract describes a perspective/commentary piece rather than an empirical study or systematic review. No sample sizes, specific methodologies, quantitative metrics, or systematic search criteria are reported.
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- supports Whether adult neurogenesis occurs in the human brain remains an unresolved scientific debate.