http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. A new study that found the common plastic ingredient bisphenol A (BPA) may harm a baby's brain development in-utero has been described as 'misleading' and 'not relevant' by Australian experts. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-experts-criticise-linking-chemical-bpa.html Health Tue, 26 Feb 2013 08:06:12 EST news281088356 (Medical Xpress)—Neurobiologists at the Research institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP) in Vienna have discovered one of the key genes required to make a brain. Mutations in this gene, called TUBB5, cause neurodevelopmental disease in children. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-key-gene-brain.html Genetics Fri, 14 Dec 2012 07:17:37 EST news274691841 A new study demonstrates the dynamic role cilia play in guiding the migration of neurons in the embryonic brain. Cilia are tiny hair-like structures on the surfaces of cells, but here they are acting more like radio antennae. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-cilia-neuronal-migration-brain.html Medical research Mon, 12 Nov 2012 15:32:37 EST news271956681 Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have identified a new pathway that appears to play a major role in information processing in the brain. Their research also offers insight into how imbalances in this pathway could contribute to cognitive abnormalities in humans. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-scientists-uncover-pathway-brain.html Neuroscience Fri, 09 Nov 2012 16:33:42 EST news271701213 Whitehead Institute scientists have identified conserved, long intervening non-coding RNAs (lincRNAs) that play key roles during embryonic brain development in zebrafish. They also show that the human versions of the lincRNAs can substitute for the zebrafish versions, which implies that the functions of these non-coding RNAs have been retained in humans as well as fish. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-intervening-non-coding-rnas-pivotal-roles.html Medical research Thu, 22 Dec 2011 12:00:01 EST news243777267