The Adult Brain Retains ‘Fetal’ Neurons

Subplate neurons — once thought to die after directing the wiring of the cerebral cortex or gray matter– remain in the white matter of the adult brain in small numbers and maintain activity, communicating with other neurons in the brain said researchers from Baylor College of Medicine and the University of Alabama at Birmingham in a report that appears in the Journal of Neuroscience. [click link for full article]

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