The brain undergoes maturation over the first 24 years of life; the sculpting and pruning of neurons and synapses is indicated by the decrease in gray matter (in red) in the cerebral cortex. http://www.nimh.nih.gov/science-news/2004/imaging-study-shows-brain-maturing.shtml
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