Why New Neurons? Possible Functions for Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis

I thank Fred H. Gage for intensive discussion of the viewpoint expressed in this review and for helpful comments on this manuscript. I also thank Laurenz Wiskott and Ulrich Anders for their contributions that helped to shape the theory presented in this text.

Correspondence should be addressed to Dr. Gerd Kempermann, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin-Buch, Robert-Rössle-Strasse 10, 13125 Berlin, Germany. E-mail:gerd.kempermann{at}mdc-berlin.de.