Infants and Young Toddlers Are Less Able to Recover from Brain

question 104

True/False

Infants and young toddlers are less able to recover from brain damage than adults because their plasticity has not yet developed.

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Definitions:

Neurons

Specialized cells in the nervous system that transmit information through electrical and chemical signals.

Dendrites

Branch-like extensions of neurons that receive signals from other neurons and are crucial for neural communication.

Axon

An extended, slim protrusion from a neuron, or nerve cell, generally responsible for conducting electrical stimuli away from the main body of the cell.

Mitochondrion

An organelle found in large numbers in most cells, in which the biochemical processes of respiration and energy production occur.