Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is one of the leading causes of disability and death in infants and children in the United States, with more than half a million affected annually, according to the Centers for Disease Control ...
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A new study led by UNC School of Medicine researchers concluded that patterns of white matter microstructure present at birth and that develop after birth predict the cognitive function of children at ages 1 and 2.
Dec 19, 2016
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New brain imaging evidence was advanced in a series of presentations at the recent meeting of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology supporting the long-held belief that stressful early life experiences, such as ...
Dec 8, 2016
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Any parent can tell you about the consequences of their child not getting enough sleep. But there is far less known about the details of how sleep deprivation affects children's brains and what this means for early brain ...
Nov 28, 2016
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As a researcher at Harvard Medical School, Christopher W. Cowan, Ph.D., used to watch autistic kids come onto campus to attend a special school.
Oct 26, 2016
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(HealthDay)—Certain brain cells in adults may be vulnerable to damage from Zika infection, research with mice suggests.
Oct 25, 2016
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Fetal brains use a special amplifier in order to transmit signals, according to research published in the journal eLife by George Washington University's (GW) Matthew Colonnese, Ph.D. and Yasunobu Murata, Ph.D. Early neural ...
Oct 11, 2016
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Imagine if every time you got in your car, you fired it up, put it in drive, slammed on the gas, and didn't let up until you reached your destination. Now imagine every driver on the road did the same thing. It would be pile ...
Sep 21, 2016
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Concerns over the Zika virus have focused on pregnant women due to mounting evidence that it causes brain abnormalities in developing fetuses. However, new research in mice from scientists at The Rockefeller University and ...
Aug 18, 2016
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A new study from Autism Speaks' MSSNG program expands understanding of autism's complex causes and may hold clues for the future development of targeted treatments. The report, appearing in npj Genomic Medicine is the largest-ever ...
Aug 4, 2016
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