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Re:Sunyata by pygy_ on Thursday March 11, 2010 @01:19PM (#1184450)
... with the notable exception of (most) of your neurons. The only exception happens in the hippocampus which is involved in long term memory.

(As a side note, a reduced turnover of these neurons is associated with depression, but I don't know what's the cause and what's the consequence.)

Some cells have a much higher turnover(almost daily). I think of the immune system and of some epithelial cells (especially in the digestive tract).

Your ten years figure seems to be a reasonable median, but I don't have any data to back it up either.

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