The prevalence of congenital heart disease points to the need for a better understanding of how it influences ...

The prevalence of congenital heart disease points to the need for a better understanding of how it influences neurodevelopment. New in JNeurosci , Jung-Hoon Kim and Catherine Limperopoulos, from ...

Transferring the mother's vaginal bacteria onto newborns delivered via cesarean section appears to be beneficial to infants' early development, researchers reported June 15 in the journal Cell Host & ...

Birth order, a non-genetic factor, may influence early neurodevelopment. A nationwide Japanese birth cohort study based on sibling pairs suggests that differences in neurodevelopment emerge during the ...

Understanding the development of the brain and nervous system is vital for diagnosing and treating neurodevelopmental disorders. Recent research has indicated that there may be differences in ...

In the cerebral cortex, neurogenesis – the formation of neural cells from stem cells – begins in the fetus from 5 weeks gestation and is almost complete by 28 weeks. It is a complex process with ...

In a recent study published in the journal Neuropharmacology, researchers in Pisa, Italy, explored how gut microbiota can influence neuroplasticity. Neuroplasticity is the ability of neuronal circuits ...

No two brains are the same. This is well known in life and science, but why brains develop divergently in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a mystery that persists in neurobiology research. Many ...

Exposure to maternal COVID-19 was not associated with abnormal neurodevelopmental screening results through 24 months' postpartum, according to a cohort study in JAMA Network Open. In this video ...

Maternal SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy does not appear to increase the risk for neurodevelopmental delays in children through age 18 months.

Neonates born very preterm receiving 2 hours of immediate skin-to-skin contact (SSC) with their mothers showed no improvement in neurodevelopmental outcomes at 2-3 years of age, according to a ...