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If rats are treated during pregnancy to increase the amount of progesterone, the offspring have bigger brains and learn more efficiently




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If rats are treated during pregnancy to increase the amount of progesterone, the offspring have bigger brains and learn more efficiently

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The environment can be supportive, but it can also divert development from an optimal course

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Choosing intelligently from possible diets and selecting courses of action will create pattern and reduce entropy

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If rats are treated during pregnancy to increase the amount of progesterone, the offspring have bigger brains and learn more efficiently

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Progesterone is a nerve growth factor, produced by glial cells

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Alzheimer-type dementia is different from other dementias, but it overlaps with them, and with age-related and stress-related changes in other organs

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If rats are treated during pregnancy to increase the amount of progesterone, the offspring have bigger brains and learn more efficiently

Then it must be true that...

If rats are given a stimulating environment, each generation gets a slightly bigger, more intelligent brain