[CITATION][C] Comparative aspects of the brain growth spurt
J Dobbing, J Sands - Early human development, 1979 - Elsevier
The brain in all species appears to grow through a sigmoid trajectory when its weight is
plotted against its age. The transient period of rapid growth illustrated by such a curve is now
commonly known as the 'brain growth spurt', and we have previously put forward the
hypothesis that this may be a period of enhanced vulnerability to nutritional and other growth
restriction [61. Since the timing of the brain growth spurt is different in relation to birth in
different species, this must be one of the major factors to be taken into account when any …
plotted against its age. The transient period of rapid growth illustrated by such a curve is now
commonly known as the 'brain growth spurt', and we have previously put forward the
hypothesis that this may be a period of enhanced vulnerability to nutritional and other growth
restriction [61. Since the timing of the brain growth spurt is different in relation to birth in
different species, this must be one of the major factors to be taken into account when any …