DP Biology Questionbank
A.1 Neural development
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| Nature of science: Use models as representations of the real world—developmental neuroscience uses a variety of animal models. (1.10) |
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Biology Topic 6.5 Neurons and synapses |
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[Source: THE POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE HUMAN CEREBRAL CORTEX, VOLUMES IVIII, by Jesse LeRoy Conel, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, Copyright © 1939, 1941, 1947, 1951, 1955, 1959, 1963, 1967
by the President and Fellows of Harvard College. Copyright © renewed 1967, 1969, 1975, 1979, 1983, 1987, 1991.]Explain the processes illustrated by the diagrams.
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