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Does the nervous system come with instructions for how it should connect to the body or must it figure this out during early development? A new model from researchers at the University of Southern California and Lund University in Sweden suggests that spontaneous movements made by a fetus in the womb (including those kicks) are a key step in getting the body's nervous system "wired up."

Jonas md enanderGeralde loebJ mark baldwinEmily hendersonLund universityUniversity of southern californiaSouthern californiaPost doctoral fellowBiomedical engineeringNervous system