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 ...

Huda Zoghbi is a clinician-scientist who studies the molecular mechanisms of neurodevelopment and neurodegeneration. This year she shared the Kavli Prize in Neuroscience for discovering the genetic ...

Birth order, a non-genetic factor, may influence early neurodevelopment. A nationwide Japanese birth cohort study based on ...

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 & ...

A process as intricate as brain development requires precisely controlled expression of crucial genes, but it’s the different flavors of a protein, or isoforms, that the genes encode that do the heavy ...

Dr. Sharief Taraman, MD, DABPN, DABPM, FAAP, is CEO of Cognoa, a leading early childhood development & pediatric behavioral health company. Neurodevelopment refers to the brain’s growth and maturation ...

Higher levels of maternal physical activity during prepregnancy and pregnancy is associated with changes to neurodevelopment in children.

In a recent review published in the journal Nutrients, researchers collated studies on the epigenetic advantages of breast milk feeding and neurodevelopment in infants. Study: Potential Epigenetic ...

In a recent study published in Biological Psychiatry: Global Open Science (BPGOS), researchers examined the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on adolescents' neurodevelopment ...

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 ...

A sibling-matched study design analyzing a cohort of more than 2 million singleton births was found to be inconclusive in ...