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The development of new neurons in humans has been documented in the _____ and the _____.

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In humans, new neurons are continually born throughout adulthood in two regions of the brain:

· The subgranular zone (SGZ), part of the dentate gyrus of the hippocampus.

· The striatum; however the adult-born neurons are a type of interneuron, not a type that projects to other brain areas.[5]

In other species of mammals, particularly rodents, adult-born neurons also appear in the olfactory bulb. In humans, however, few if any olfactory bulb neurons are generated after birth.

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