how many brain cells are humans born with? about?

Hi mrjmf,

The commonly cited number is one hundred billion (100,000,000,000).

For example, see:

"Building Baby?s Brain:  The Basics" from The University of
Georgia/College of Family and Consumer Sciences
http://www.fcs.uga.edu/pubs/PDF/FACS01-1.pdf

"Brain Development" from Purdue University Provider-Parent Partnerships
http://www.ces.purdue.edu/providerparent/PDF%20Links/Brain%20Development.pdf

"How important are the first three years of a baby's life?", an
interview with David Steinberg, M.D. on the NYU Child Study Center
website
http://www.aboutourkids.org/aboutour/articles/2000baby.html

"Brain Cells and Neural Connections" on BrainRespiration.com
http://www1.brainrespiration.com/newsscience.cfm?articleID=17


Search Strategy

I wasn't getting anywhere searching with queries like "brain cells
born OR birth", so I took a guess and searched for "billion brain
cells born" and found plenty of pages like those listed above, all
with the same 100 billion number.


--efn