Check out today's (Friday, Oct 15th) New York Times article on a report published in today's Science: http://www.nytimes.com/library/national/science/health/101599brain-princeton.html "Brain May Replace Cells Daily Challenging Long-Held View "Biologists have found that thousands of neurons arrive each day in the cerebral cortex, the area of the brain where higher intellectual functions and personality are centered." -- Sue Frantz, Asst Prof of Psych [EMAIL PROTECTED] Faculty Office Bldg, 2400 Scenic Drive Office: (505)439-3731 New Mexico State Univ. - Alamogordo Fax: (505)439-3802 Alamogordo, NM 88310 USA http://web.nmsu.edu/~sfrantz