The First Evidence That New Neurons Can Be Created in the Brains

question 120

Multiple Choice

The first evidence that new neurons can be created in the brains of adult animals came in the early 1980s from the study of

• A) the hippocampus.
• B) the olfactory bulbs.
• C) songbirds.
• D) hamsters.
• E) the amygdala.

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