Differences
in brain size within a species, such as humans, are relatively small, making it difficult to tease out the effects of brain size and the effects of other factors.
Not exact matches
Starting at 2 days old, infant
brains experience an explosive growth spurt, reaching half their adult
size within 3 months of birth, according to a study
in JAMA Neurology.
This suggested that the gut - shrinking phenomenon
within the primate groups was probably too subtle to explain our increase
in brain size completely.
The
size of the
brain's ventricles — cerebrospinal fluid - filled spaces deep
within the
brain — became progressively larger during the course of treatment, and changes were also seen
within the subventricular zone, one of two structures
in which new
brain cells are generated
in adults.
Larger
size of the hematoma (the clotted blood) and location
in the
brain were associated with risk for early post-ICH dementia
within six months.
Previous research suggests our ability to cooperate and exhibit empathy — both thought to be critical to human success — relied
in part on the large
brains of our hominin ancestors, relative to body
size; and that selection against aggression
within early human populations allowed us to thrive.
The 1 autistic child with a
brain size within the 95 % CI of controls had among the greatest prefrontal neuron counts
in the study, which raises the question of whether excess prefrontal neuron counts may be present
in other autistic children who have near normal or smaller
brain sizes.
The sealed vessel «The Proteus» is reduced down to microscopic
size and it's crew through a secret organizational branch known as the «CMDF» (Combined Miniature Defense Force or Combined Miniature Deterrent Forces) and are injected into the artery of a defecting Russian scientist who has suffered a
brain injury and is
in a coma from an assassination attempt on his life... The CMDF's Mission... to navigate inside the body of the scientist to get to the
brain (
within exactly 60 minutes) where Dr. Duval and the team of the «Proteus» will attempt to dissolve to coagulum with a laser beam and get back to the center of the patient's body before everything starts growing back to its original
size.