Not exact matches
-- Each time you are playing Peek - a-boo thousands
more connections are being made between the
brain neurons
cells.
In a human
brain, 85 billion nerve
cells communicate via trillions of
connections using complex patterns of electrical jolts and
more than 100 different chemicals.
The active periods might be providing brief windows during which nerve
cells can easily connect to other
cells, and the slower,
more relaxed periods might allow the
brain to then cement those new
connections in place.
There are
more than a trillion
cells called neurons that form a labyrinth of
connections in our
brains.
Or at least
more brain -
cell connections.
The researchers also found that these copy number variants occurred
more frequently in genes involved in the function of synapses, the
connections between
brain cells that transmit chemical messages.
THE HUMAN
brain contains 100 billion neurons, each of which makes a thousand or
more connections with other target
cells.
«Using your
brain is going to help build up those synapses, build up those
connections, so that if a terrible disease starts killing those nerve
cells, you have
more of a reserve.»
Every time we use a
brain cell or a particular
brain network the
connections within that network become stronger,
more sensitive, and
more efficient through «use - dependent» neural processes.