Hippocampal adult neurogenesis in mammals generates a unique population of immature granule neurons that play a crucial role in memory, learning and spatial processing. In both Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients and mouse models, this neurogenic capacity of the dentate gyrus is reduced. Mouse models of AD have shown that hippocampal adult neurogenesis is altered early in the course of the disease, contributing to hippocampal-dependent memory impairments. Early stages of AD are also associated with mitochondrial dysfunction in adult-born neurons. While mitochondria have emerged as key regulators of adult neurogenesis, they have been found to be dysfunctional in AD context and to contribute to neurodegenerative diseases. In this study, we investigated the timing and nature of memory deficits in Tg2576 mice, a model of AD, focusing on tasks that depend on hippocampal neurons born in …