Is Slowing Down Synaptic Maturation a Good Idea?

There's very limited knowledge on what controls the speed of neuronal differentiation, for example. We think we have an experimental model where there is a 40% increase in both excitatory and inhibitory connectivity in the cortex,. What is the consequence on cortical circuit function? That's one of the key questions we're trying to answer. And the question of timing, right? What is the function of slowing down synaptic maturation? There we are simple ID is that maybe that has something to do with things like critical periods.