Dr. Rudenko transplants a part of someone's visual cortex into that person's somatosensory cortex in order to replace damaged neurons in that area. Because she did this during a critically sensitive period, the cells adapted to their new location and began to function as somatosensory cells. Dr. Rudenko has taken advantage of the __________ of brain cells
A) modifiability
B) compensation
C) neonatal automaticity
D) neurogenesis
A
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