Full Idea
Unlike the liver, for example, our brains do rely on the same set of neurons throughout life. (n4. though we now know that some neurons do die, and adult neurogenesis does occur in certain brain areas).
Gist of Idea
Brains largely retain the same set of neurons throughout life
Source
Mazviita Chirimuuta (The Brain Abstracted [2024], 7.1)
A Reaction
Despite this, she strongly emphasises that every brain is in a continual state of change. It might help, though, to explain why a person can vividly remember an event for more than ninety years. But axons and dendrites continually change.
Book Reference
Mazviita Chirimuuta: 'The Brain Abstracted' [MIT 2024], p.186