Do brain cells regenerate?
First and foremost, we need to clarify what exactly is being asked. What exactly is being referred to by “brain cells”? There are many types of brain cells, that perform various tasks. Glilia cells, for example, are support cells for the neurons in our brain, and make up a majority of its mass. Glilia cells do in fact regenerate and, because they are technically part of the brain, would be enough to say that brain cells do regenerate. However, that is not the intention of the question. What is really being asked is, Do neurons in the brain regenerate? The person asking the questions wants to know if the cells that are linked to thinking and consciousness regenerate. The answer to this question is in fact yes. For a very long time it was thought that neurons did not regenerate, however, recent studies have shown that they do. Different types of neurons regenerate in varying capacities, but those in the hippocampus were among the first to be discovered regenerating in the human brain. (V