“…Moreover, certain acute brain injuries such as ischemia, hypoxia, seizures, and trauma increase neurogenesis (Kokaia and Lindvall, 2003, Rice, et al, 2003, Itoh, et al, 2005, Overstreet-Wadiche, et al, 2006, Qiu, et al, 2007, suggesting that neurogenesis may work as a protective mechanism for the brain. Interestingly, enhanced neurogenesis was recently found in brains of neurodegenerative diseases including Huntington's disease (Curtis, et al, 2003), Parkinson's disease (Hoglinger, et al, 2004), and AD (Jin, et al, 2004a). However, neither the course of neurogenesis during the neurodegenerative processes nor the functional significance of neurogenesis in neurodegeneration is well understood.…”