Twenty weeks after conception, the cerebral cortex has around 80 billion neurons. Neurons continue to form at this point,
A) and double by adulthood.
B) and quadruple by adulthood.
C) and triple by adulthood.
D) but then the brain loses about as many as it gets.
D
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