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| WASHINGTON POST March 9, 2000
KEY BRAIN GROWTH GOES ON INTO TEENS from The Washington Post
Scientists have discovered that the brain undergoes surprisingly
dramatic anatomical changes between the ages of 3 and 15, a finding
that may not amaze parents of mercurial children but shatters
some traditional assumptions about neural development.
During key periods, a research team reports in today's issue of
the journal Nature, the amount of gray matter in some areas can
nearly double within as little as a year, followed by a correspondingly
drastic loss of tissue as unneeded cells are purged and the brain
continues to organize itself.
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