Question

When baby jaleel was born, stimulation in his brain resulted in a massive overabundance of synapses. neurons that were seldom stimulated began to lose their synapses. this process is known as?

Answer 1

This process is known as synaptic pruning.

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.

Answer 2

The answer is synaptic pruning.

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.