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Building a Brain

How We're Wired

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The Importance of Folate in Pregnancy

There are sensations experienced in the womb. When does that turn into an awareness? I don't know, right? If there's not enough folate when you're pregnant, your nervous system doesn't proceed normally. This results in what we call neural tube defects and spina bifida. The other kind of things that can go wrong is not making the right kinds of connections.

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