Secretin. The small intestine is periodically assaulted by a flood of acid from the stomach, and it is important to put out that fire in a hurry to avoid acid burns. similar, but quantitatively less important response to secretin is elicited by bile duct cells, resulting in additional bicarbonate being dumped into the small gut. As acid is neutralized by bicarbonate, the intestinal pH rises toward neutrality, and secretion of secretin is turned off.
Posted: 07/10/2013 6:11 pm EDT Updated: 07/10/2013 6:11 pm EDT. Getty. By: Laura Poppick, Staff Writer. Published: 07/10/2013 04:02 PM EDT on LiveScience. The personality traits of children in the first five years of their life may help predict alcohol use during teenage years, a new study shows. The study, detailed today (July 10) in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, reveals certain temperaments of kids that are correlated with teen drinking.
In a healthy infant, the most rapid growth occurs in the first six months after birth. Brain weight doubles by four to six months and triples by a baby's first birthday. By age two, the brain is about 80 percent of adult size, said Zecavati. If a child doesn't meet those benchmarks, microcephaly is a concern.