A surprising aspect of brain growth is that

A) as synapses form, many surrounding neurons die.
B) the neural tube produces far fewer neurons than the brain will need.
C) less than 5 percent of neurons die.
D) neurons that are seldom stimulated never lose their synapses.

A

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