Will Your Baby Make Your Husband Grow New Brain Cells?

New research from the Hotchkiss Brain Institute says yes–though maybe not in the way that you’d think.  Recent mouse studies show that paternal mice develop new cells in their olfactory bulbs and hippocampus, allowing them to their recognize their offspring, in part by smell. Humans do something similar, also identifying their children partly by smell (also not in the way you’d think.)

Paternal Mice Bond With Offspring Through Touch [ScienceDaily]