Despite what you might have heard, brain cells can actually regenerate!
It is a commonly accepted myth that once a brain cell is killed-it’s gone forever, and the number of brain cells you have has forever been depleted. But don’t feel bad if you were one of the people who believed this-it was the belief of the scientific community until about 1998.
Scientists at the Sweden and the Salk Institute in La Jolla, California found that the memory and learning center in the brain create new cells when required and that complex brains are not disrupted by new cell growth. This discovery gives hope for cures to illness like Alzheimer’s which kill brain cells.