Capacity Quote by Philippa Perry

Throughout our lifetimes, we are constantly regenerating new brain cells in the hippocampus, a process called neurogenesis. New stem cells are constantly being born…

— David Perlmutter

“It’s now known that the brain can form new axons and dendrites up to the last years of life, which gives us tremendous hope…

— Rudolph E. Tanzi

The human brain is still undergoing rapid adaptive evolution,.

— Howard Hughes

“Your brain never stops developing and changing. It's been doing it from the time you were an embryo, and will keep doing it all…

— James Trefil

“All of that was eventually shown—there’s considerable adult neuro-genesis in the hippocampus (where roughly 3 percent of neurons are replaced each month) and lesser…

— Robert M. Sapolsky

“As you read this, in the five cups of tofu-like tissue inside your head, nested amid a trillion support cells, 80 to 100 billion…

— Rick Hanson

Our brains have the ability to reorganize themselves by forming new neural connections throughout our lives. This ability is called neuroplasticity.

— Elizabeth Thornton

“brain-derived neurotrophic factor,” or BDNF. BDNF plays a key role in creating new neurons. But beyond its role in neurogenesis, BDNF protects existing neurons,…

— David Perlmutter

“Remarkably, the fetal brain generates far more neurons than are found in the adult. Why? During late fetal development, there is a dramatic competition…

— Robert M. Sapolsky

The brain alone is intricate beyond mapping, powerful beyond imitation, rich in diversity, self-protecting, and self-renewing. The secret is that it is grown, not…

— Fred Brooks

“Development never truly ends, as our brains evolved to evolve...we are adapted to adapt, to continually redefine normality, transforming ones space of possibility with…

— Beau Lotto

The human brain is by no means fully formed at birth. It continues to shape itself through life, with the most intense growth occurring…

— Daniel Goleman