Cited by 448Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanismsNeuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration MechanismsNeuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research

Neocortical neurogenesis in humans is restricted to development

Open access
Bhardwaj, Ratan D., Curtis, Maurice A., Spalding, Kirsty L., Buchholz, Bruce A., Fink, David, Björk-Eriksson, Thomas, Nordborg, Claes, Gage, Fred H. +3 more·2006·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Abstract

Stem cells generate neurons in discrete regions in the postnatal mammalian brain. However, the extent of neurogenesis in the adult human brain has been difficult to establish. We have taken advantage of the integration of 14 C, generated by nuclear bomb tests during the Cold War, in DNA to establish the age of neurons in the major areas of the human cerebral neocortex. Together with the analysis of the neocortex from patients who received BrdU, which integrates in the DNA of dividing cells, our results demonstrate that, whereas nonneuronal cells turn over, neurons in the human cerebral neocortex are not generated in adulthood at detectable levels but are generated perinatally.

The claims and statistics of this paper haven’t been checked yet.

Run the check — free, no account needed. It reads the open-access text and checks the sources it cites.

A few free checks a day · papers already verified open instantly · results are public

Integrity signals

Registry

Crossref · 10.1073/pnas.0605177103

Cites

52 of 52 references verified0 citation errors · 0 not checkable

Statistics

Claims the paper makes

The claims and statistics of this paper haven’t been checked yet.

Run the check — free, no account needed. It reads the open-access text and checks the sources it cites.

A few free checks a day · papers already verified open instantly · results are public

Claims other papers make about this one

Each is checked against this paper’s own text: does it say what the citing paper says it does?

Self-check

Percentages, sums and reported differences re-computed from the paper’s own numbers.

The self-check needs the paper’s full text.

Cites

Flagged first, then by citations

Research works printed but not linked: 4

  1. [39]Gould, E., Reeves, A. J., Fallah, M., Tanapat, P., Gross, C. G. & Fuchs, E. (1999) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 96, 5263-5267.
  2. [40]Kornack, D. R. & Rakic, P. (1999) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 96, 5768-5773.
  3. [41]Kornack, D. R. & Rakic, P. (2001) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 98, 4752-4757.
  4. [44]Mullen, R. J., Buck, C. R. & Smith, A. M. (1992) Development (Cambridge , U.K.) 116, 201-211.

Cited by

Sorted by citations

Authors
Bhardwaj, R. D., Curtis, M. A., Spalding, K. L., Buchholz, B. A., Fink, D., Björk-Eriksson, T., Nordborg, C., Gage, F. H., Druid, H., Eriksson, P. S., & Frisén, J.
Affiliations
  • Karolinska Institutet (SE)
  • Salk Institute for Biological Studies (US)
  • *Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Medical Nobel Institute, and
  • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (US)
  • Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (AU)
  • Oncology and
  • Sahlgrenska University Hospital (SE)
Venue
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Published
2006-08-15
Volume
103
Issue
33
Pages
12564-12568
ISSN
  • 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
  • 1091-6490
OpenAlex
W1966295032
Cited by
448
References
52
Citations by year
2026: 7 · 2025: 14 · 2024: 14 · 2023: 12 · 2022: 13 · 2021: 17 · 2020: 52 · 2019: 22 · 2018: 24 · 2017: 14 · 2016: 21 · 2015: 20 · 2014: 25 · 2013: 27 · 2012: 25
FWCI
8.18
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation Institutional Repository (The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation) (submittedVersion)
  • ResearchSpace (University of Auckland) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • U.S. Department of Energy (W-7405, -7405-ENG-48)
  • Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
  • Parkinson Society Canada
  • Neurological Foundation of New Zealand
  • Cancerfonden
  • Karolinska Institutet
  • Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse
  • Vetenskapsrådet
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Institute of General Medical Sciences (P41GM103483)
  • National Center for Research Resources (RR13461, P41RR013461)
  • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (W-7405-ENG 48, -7405-Eng-48)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Developmental Neuroscience › Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
Keywords
adult neurogenesis, neocortical neurogenesis, human cerebral cortex, postnatal brain development, BrdU labeling, cell turnover
MeSH terms
Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Aging, Animals, Antimetabolites, Atmosphere, Autopsy, Bromodeoxyuridine, Carbon Radioisotopes, Humans, Middle Aged, Nuclear Warfare, Stem Cells, Time Factors, Neocortex

About these checks

Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.

Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.

Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.

What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›

Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review