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The hippocampus can grow new neurons into old age

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Contrary to the bleak warnings of high school health teachers, neural tissue does not stop growing at graduation. The hippocampus continues churning out brand new microscopic cells even in septuagenarians, stubbornly fighting off biological decay.

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The hippocampus can grow new neurons into old age
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