| Abstract: | Adult hippocampal neurogenesis (AHN) facilitates hippocampal circuits plasticity and regulates hippocampus- dependent cognition and emotion. However, AHN malfunc-tion has been widely reported in both human and animal models of Alzheimer's disease (AD), the most common form of dementia in the elderly. Pro- neurogenic therapies in-cluding rescuing innate AHN, cell engraftment and glia- neuron reprogramming hold great potential for compensating the neuronal loss and rewiring the degenerated neu-ronal network in AD, but there are still great challenges to be overcome. This review covers recent advances in unraveling the involvement of AHN in AD and highlights the prospect of emerging pro- neurogenic remedies. |
