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Regenerative neurogenesis

The production of new neurons to replace lost ones after injury, and the study of how cell type, neurotransmitter identity and anatomical position are assigned during that process.

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A regenerating flatworm neuron gets its transmitter and its position from six of ten identified genes

University of Georgia researchers report the ten genes in Nature Communications and characterized six of them in detail. Knocking some of them out left planarians unable to make new dopamine neurons and slow to move.

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