New Neurons: The Future of Regenerative Brain Therapy

• Main Author: Asra Al Fauzi
• Format: Book Section PeerReviewed
• Language: English; English
• Published: Universitas Brawijaya Malang 2019
• Subjects: R Medicine (General); RD Surgery
• Online Access: http://repository.unair.ac.id/96444/1/New%20Neurons%20The_compressed.pdf; http://repository.unair.ac.id/96444/2/New%20Neurons%20.pdf; http://repository.unair.ac.id/96444/
• Institution: Universitas Airlangga

The world's future will be an aging society because enormous 'baby boom' generation will reach retirement age over the next decade with 'aging brain' as a related problem. Aging brain is common and is not a sign of a serious neurological disorder, but it can be a frustrating and cause reduction of productivity, a burden to community and nation. Adult neural stem cell and neurogenesis confer a unique mode of neuroplasticity in the brain, creates a glimmer of hope in the development of future therapies to 'prevent' aging brain, and more speciafically, treat some untreatable disease. A lot of research is being done on this topic and some of them have opened a new perspective for the identification and development of new therapeutic approaches to enhance neurogenesis and produce new neurons for neurodegenerative disorders.