http://machinemachine.net/stream/feed en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sweetcron therourke@gmail.com http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/mpqu2/what_happens_to_a_caterpillars_brain_during Basically, three things can happen to any given neuron in the central nervous system. It's a really complex proccess! A) some neurons are born very early in the caterpillar's life (embryonically) but are quiescent until adulthood - during metamorphosis, these neurons put on their game face and start to do real work in adulthood. B) Some neurons are useful in larval life and not in adult life, and basically die during metamorphosis. C) Some neurons are useful in both larval and adult life, but do different things - so they basically retract their projections during metamorphosis and make new ones… ]]> Wed, 30 Nov 2011 12:50:03 -0700 http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/mpqu2/what_happens_to_a_caterpillars_brain_during http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv5woNs9WRE&feature=youtube_gdata ]]> Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:49:00 -0700 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv5woNs9WRE&feature=youtube_gdata