“Amplifier” Helps Make Connections In The Fetal Brain, George Washington University Study Finds

Fetal brains use a special amplifier in order to transmit signals, according to research by George Washington University‘s Matthew Colonnese PhD and Yasunobu Murata PhD. Early neural connections are sparse, weak, and unreliable. This unique amplification circuit boosts weak inputs to ensure accurate and powerful information transfer in the developing brain.

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