“Those neurons that do survive grow larger over the course of childhood, resulting in the brain’s four-fold increase in overall size from birth until adulthood. The dendrites that stick around, meanwhile, slowly gain a fatty sheath covering them to improve their ability to conduct electrochemical signals.”

“Those neurons that do survive grow larger over the course of childhood, resulting in the brain’s four-fold increase in overall size from birth until adulthood. The dendrites that stick around, meanwhile, slowly gain a fatty sheath covering them to improve their ability to conduct electrochemical signals.”

— Rahul Jandial