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...cortex, nerve cells in the developing brain crackle with purposeful activity. Like teenagers with telephones, cells in one neighborhood of the brain are calling friends in another, and these cells are calling their friends, and they keep calling one another over and over again, "almost," says neurobiologist Carla Shatz of the University of California, Berkeley, "as if they were autodialing...
...cells, named after the Greek word for glue, which form a kind of honeycomb that protects and nourishes the neurons. But while the brain contains virtually all the nerve cells it will ever have, the pattern of wiring between them has yet to stabilize. Up to this point, says Shatz, "what the brain has done is lay out circuits that are its best guess about what's required for vision, for language, for whatever." And now it is up to neural activity--no longer spontaneous, but driven by a flood of sensory experiences--to take this rough blueprint and progressively...
...students, seniors Adam Shatz and David Kent, were asked to resign by faculty adviser John J. Fitzgerald, who also resigned his newspaper duties, said Longmeadow High School Principal Donald Murphy...
...BRUCE SCHOENFELD Sports Editor Brown, 28-24 Holy Cross, 73-2 Bucknell, 49-30 Princeton, 28-3 Yale, 9-7 3-1 19-12. .613 NANCY BAUER Managing Editor Harvard, 23-14 Holy Cross, 45-6 Bucknell, 34-7 Princeton, 14-6 Yale, 27-14 HOWARD SHATZ Sports Editor, Brown Daily Herald Guest Selector Harvard, 35-31 Holy Cross, 41-6 Bucknell, 31-13 Princeton, 24-10 Yale...
...Fishwick (H) def. Shatz...