Considerable Thickening of Synaptic Connections Occurs Around the Time Puberty

question 311

Multiple Choice

Considerable thickening of synaptic connections occurs around the time puberty begins during a process neuroscientists call ____.

• A)overproduction
• B)pruning
• C)myelination
• D)synaptic expansion

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