| Value |
9000
Cells/day
|
| Organism |
Rat Rattus norvegicus |
| Reference |
Cameron HA, McKay RD. Adult neurogenesis produces a large pool of new granule cells in the dentate gyrus. J Comp Neurol. 2001 Jul 9 435(4):406-17. p.415 left column, bottom paragraphPubMed ID11406822
|
| Method |
5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine (BrdU)
immunohistochemistry. Calculation made by determining the length of the cell cycle for dividing
cells and the total number of dividing cells |
| Comments |
This number is 18% of
the estimated rate of 50,000 new cells per day generated
at the peak of granule cell proliferation (Schlessinger et
al., 1975 PMID 1112911) |
| Entered by |
Uri M |
| ID |
106090 |