Hi, there was a belief that once the process of development has ended postnatally; presumably, there was no substantial amount of new neurons that were born into the brain. The sentence does not use the semi-colon correctly, which makes it a bit harder to interpret. Yes, except that I'm not sure if the meaning is that the process of development ends immediately at birth.
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