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In this article, Serrano, Ávila and colleagues show that cyclic expression of Yamanaka factors Oct4, Sox2, Klf4, and c-Myc in the hippocampus prevent the age-dependent reduction in the epigenetic marker H3K9 trimethylation (H3K9me3) and alter adult hippocampal neurogenesis. These cellular changes were accompanied by an improvement in mouse performance in the object recognition test.Post-translational epigenetic modifications take place in mouse neurons of the dentate gyrus (DG) with age. Here, we report that age-dependent reduction in H3K9 trimethylation (H3K9me3) is prevented by cyclic induction of the Yamanaka factors used for cell reprogramming. Interestingly, Yamanaka factors elevated the levels of migrating cells containing the neurogenic markers doublecortin and calretinin, and the levels of the NMDA receptor subunit GluN2B. These changes could result in an increase in the survival of newborn DG neurons during their maturation and higher synaptic plasticity in mature neurons. Importantly, these cellular changes were accompanied by an improvement in mouse performance in the object recognition test over long time. We conclude that transient cyclic reprogramming in vivo in the central nervous system could be an effective strategy to ameliorate aging of the central nervous system and neurodegenerative diseases. ; Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (PGC-2018-09177-B-100) and Centro de Investigacio´n Biome´dica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED, ISCIII). Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (BFU2016-77885-P) and Comunidad de Madrid co-financed with the Structural Funds of the European Union (S2017/BMD-3700 (NEUROMETAB-CM)). Work in the laboratory of M.S. was funded by the IRB and by grants from the MINECO co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund (SAF2017-82613-R), the European Research Council (ERC-2014-AdG/669622), and ''La Caixa'' Foundation. An institutional grant from the Fundación Ramón Areces to the CBMSO