1.0Harvard Gazettehttps://test.news.harvard.edu/gazetteharvardgazettehttps://test.news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/author/harvardgazette/The growing brain — Harvard Gazetterich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="7w9k1Tnl4D"><a href="https://test.news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2012/06/the-growing-brain/">The growing brain</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://test.news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2012/06/the-growing-brain/embed/#?secret=7w9k1Tnl4D" width="600" height="338" title="“The growing brain” — Harvard Gazette" data-secret="7w9k1Tnl4D" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script>
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https://test.news.harvard.edu/gazette/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/072710_sanes_lichtman_047_605.jpg605403As reported on June 7 in the journal Neuron, a team of researchers led by Professor Jeff Lichtman has found that just days before birth mice undergo an explosion of neuromuscular branching. At birth, the research showed, some muscle fibers are contacted by as many as 10 nerve cells. Within days, however, all but one of those connections had been pruned away.