Synapse pruning is the process when the synapses are eliminated and it occurs usually in the early childhood. Synapses that are eliminated are the ones that organism no longer needs. Synaptic pruning process is regulated and influenced by environmental factors.
Synaptic pruning is the process of synapse elimination that occurs between early childhood and the onset of puberty in many mammals, including humans. Pruning starts near the time of birth and is completed by the time of sexual maturation in humans.
Organisms that live in water are not totally independent of soil as a resource. These organisms depend on aquatic plants for food and other substances. These aquatic plants in turn require minerals for their sustenance. These minerals are carried to waterbodies from soil by rivers, rainwater etc.
