Films | Explainer

How your brain changes as you age

Exploring the life cycle of one of the body’s most complex organs

Cradled in the skull and immersed in protective fluid, the brain is the body’s mission control. It changes radically throughout a human’s life—starting work not long after they’re conceived and continuing even after they’ve drawn their final breath.

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