gyrus are certain types of bats (Amrein et al., 2007). Taken together, these findings suggest that with rare exceptions, adult neurogenesis is a common feature of the mammalian dentate gyrus. The wide range of species in which adult neurogenesis occurs and the relatively large number of new neurons produced at least in the species for which adequate quantitative data exist (rats, mice, marmosets) suggest that this form of structural plasticity may play an important role in hippocampal function. For this reason, the regulation and function of adult neurogenesis has received focused attention by the Neuroscience community over the past decade.
