For neurons, where they begin isn’t necessarily where they end
A duke-developed tool addresses preventable hearing loss in children
20 April 2022We are more satisfied with life as we age, thanks to this neurochemical
21 April 2022For neurons, where they begin isn’t necessarily where they end
The making of a human brain remains a mostly mysterious process that races from an embryonic neural tube to more than 100 billion interconnected neurons in the brain of a newborn. To achieve this marvel of biological engineering, the developing fetal brain must grow, on average, at a rate of roughly 250,000 nerve cells per minute throughout the course of a pregnancy.
