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Considering the many observations that have been made to assess brain growth in terms of morphology and biochemistry, one can conclude that the growth of the brain is over long before the rest of the body stops growing. This, of course, does not include the psychological development of the brain, which continues up to and sometimes beyond adulthood.
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Dhopeshwarkar, G.A. (1983). Growth Characteristics of the Brain. In: Nutrition and Brain Development. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-4280-9_3
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