> Ronn!Blankenship wrote: > > Deborah Harrell wrote: <snip> "...In 1975, Brian Cragg > >first documented a phase of rapid increase in > >synapses, followed by a phase of > synapse-elimination > >in the visual area of the cat brains.8 In the cat, > >some synapse formation occurs before birth, but > Cragg > >saw that there was a period of rapid synapse > formation > >from eight to 37 days following birth. He observed > >peak synaptic densities at around the age of seven > >weeks in kittens. There followed a protracted > >"pruning" phase, during which synaptic densities > >and related neural measures decreased to adult > levels..." > So he is saying that Midnight started losing brain > cells about the time he came to live with me?
No. Brain cell _connections_, which is very different. We know that "pruning" takes place in our brains as well, but characterizing it is difficult, given that no one will volunteer their brains for dissection at specific ages...can't imagine why! :P But of course, what researchers don't know is that cats have metaphysical brain cells in addition to the physical ones; hence the many perplexing (to us humans) cat feats, like how a ten-pound cat can generate ~40# of force with one paw, or appear in locked rooms... Debbi Cataclism And Catastrophy Maru ;-) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
