Nerve cell migration after birth may explain infant brain’s flexibility

Frontal lobe development influenced by cellular latecomers, study finds

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BABY BRAIN  New nerve cells in infants’ brains migrate to the frontal lobe after birth, where they help regulate other neural messages.

 

 

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Baby humans’ brain cells take awhile to get situated after birth, it turns out.