Brain development - Postnatal brain development

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Blooming and pruning of synapses

Myelination occurs throughout childhood and in adolescence

Rates of glucose metabolism rise until they exceed adult levels before reducing to adult levels after about 9 years of age for most cortical regions
possible explanation:

Reduction of metabolic activity is the result of the elimination of neurons axons and synaptic branches is that the same activity may require less mental effort

Why is it so complicated? Why not immediately the good number of synapses?

Only through this mechanism our brain will adapt in the environment in which we grow up (pre-programmed would not allow)
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What about humans?
A loving, stimulating environment is crucial for optimal development, but how can we stimulate development?

Parents reading with kids they are more likely that they learn because parents are tuned with baby attention and know that they are paying attention to and change with baby, DVDs cannot do it

-> effects on language development and reading as a habbit

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