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B. They are not bigger or smaller A. The Unity of Individuality

 Some people believe that the neurons do not change. They say that the books of physiology tell them that the number of neurons remains the same from the early life to the end or it does not fluctuate. They only increase in size but do not reproduce. This is the reason once they are harmed there can be no replacement so there is a continuous unity in our bodies and it is the neurons that protect the oneness of our personalities.

This is a very big doubt because those who talk about it have by mistake mixed two different issues into one. The modern science has proved that the brain cells remain the same throughout the life; it never decreases or increases. It is not said that the atoms that constitute them do not change because as we have said the cells in the body continuously intake food and lose their atoms. It is similar to that pool of water in water is discharged from one side and poured in from another. After some time everything is changed though the quantity of water remain the same. The brain cells go through the same process. (1)

 


 

1. The books on physiology like Hormones (page 11) and the book animal physiology by Dr. Mahmood Behzad have dealt with this issue.

 

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