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IMPORTANT brain development takes place in the early post-natal period, forty-one to fifty-three weeks after conception. Parmelee et al.1 have reported the establishment of childhood sleep patterns and EEG activity, and Ellingson2 has recorded a decrease in latency of light-evoked brain potentials, almost down to the adult baseline of 80 ms, during this period.
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HARNARINE-SINGH, D., HYDE, J. Post-natal Growth of the Arterial Net in the Human Cerebral Pia Mater. Nature 225, 86–87 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/225086a0
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