Biology · Neurobiology and Developmental Disorders
In many developmental disabilities, such as Fragile X Syndrome, 'Synaptic Pruning' is impaired. What is the functional consequence of this anatomical limitation?
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- 1An insufficient number of neurons are produced during the prenatal stage
- 2The brain fails to eliminate weak or redundant neural connections, resulting in 'noisy' neural processing and difficulty with abstract reasoning✓
- 3The myelin sheath thickens excessively, slowing down the speed of electrical impulses
- 4The brain shifts all processing to the cerebellum, bypassing the frontal lobe entirely
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The brain fails to eliminate weak or redundant neural connections, resulting in 'noisy' neural processing and difficulty with abstract reasoning
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