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Creating new nerve cells makes sense for the brain: neurogenesis seems to aid memory, depression drugs.

Most of the brain does fine with its original brain cells, but parts involved in smelling and remembering sometimes need new recruits.

In mice, new neurons are needed to remember mazes and keep scent-sensing organs plump (but aren't necessary for detecting smells), a new study shows. Another recent study demonstrates that some antidepressants require neurogenesis--the creation of fresh neurons--to work.

Both studies are part of a new wave of research that shows neurogenesis--once...

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