Absent or low rate of adult neurogenesis in the hippocampus of bats (Chiroptera).

Bats are the only flying mammals and have well developed navigation abilities for 3D-space. Even bats with comparatively small home ranges cover much larger territories than rodents, and long-distance migration by some species is unique among small mammals. Adult proliferation of neurons, i.e., adul...

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Main Authors: Irmgard Amrein, Dina K N Dechmann, York Winter, Hans-Peter Lipp
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2007-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1866182?pdf=render