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by jlpom 934 days ago
1. The neurons are simply not firing /exchanging neurotransmitters.

2. That’s not true. They might look they have recovered but passing a standard cognitive test and the artifice will go away. The brain is notoriously bad at healing itself because mammals and especially humans don’t produce new neurons after teenage apart from very restricted areas (SVZ, stratium, which are still controversial btw).