Can a brain become overstuffed with connecting dendrites?
Hi! NO, the brain cannot as a rule be overstuffed with dendrites. For one thing, brain cells start to die after a person is born. And brain cells are neither replaced nor replenished. Second, dendrites are extremely thin filaments that they are significantly smaller than axons. Last, brain cells can be “over-connected”, but not “overstuffed with dendrites”. A complication of being over-connected is the development of seizures, especially epileptic seizures. These are not much related to dendrites than they are to axons.
