Fetal Neurons Found in Adult Brain

60-Second Mind

English - September 13, 2007 00:00 - 2 minutes - ★★★★ - 215 ratings
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Special cells that control the wiring of a fetus' brain were thought to die off shortly after birth. But scientists have found some of these pre-natal neurons surviving, and communicating, in the adult brain.