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Development and Growth of the Nervous System

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Individuals are as old as their neurons in the sense that almost all neurons are generated by early postnatal life and, except for a few locations such as the olfactory bulb and subplate of portions of the cerebral cortex, are not generally replaced by new ones during a lifetime. On the other hand, development of the complex circuitry of the nervous system continues throughout life, tempered and honed by readjustments and responses to the influences and demands from both the internal and external environments.

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  1. Center for Neuropharmacology and Neuroscience, The Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, USA

    Norman L. Strominger

  2. Highview Terrace 87, Hawthorne, NJ, USA

    Robert J. Demarest

  3. Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, USA

    Lois B. Laemle

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Strominger, N.L., Demarest, R.J., Laemle, L.B. (2012). Development and Growth of the Nervous System. In: Noback's Human Nervous System, Seventh Edition. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-61779-779-8_6

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