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NEURON & UNDERSTANDING MIGRATION – NEW BRAIN

NEURON MIGRATION The most dynamic growth occurs in the cerebral cortex, the largest and outermost layer of the brain.During the first months of fetal development, when 250,000 new nerve cells are being created every minute, neurons begin to take on specialized tasks. First, they inch their way from where they were formed by cell division…

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A NEW BRAIN FROM THE WOMB TO CHILDHOOD

A NEW BRAIN FROM THE WOMB TO CHILDHOOD WHEN SPERM meets egg, the merger of a father’s and mother’s DNA triggers the start of a new life. Encoded in the tens of thousands of genes that make up a human being are a substantial fraction that will create the brain and central nervous system. You…