Tag W.A. Grow

The cerebral cortex is the organ of thought. More than any other part of the nervous system, the cerebral cortex is the site of the intellectual functions that make us human and that make each of us a unique individual.…

The central nervous system (CNS) develops from primitive ectoderm, one of the three germ layers of the embryo. From a few dozen cells that together weigh perhaps a microgram, the brain becomes an organ weighing about 800 g at birth,…