Neuroscience
Study: Treatment minimizes infants' opioid-related brain abnormalities
Treating pregnant women with opioid use disorder can help minimize opioid-related brain abnormalities in their newborns.
May 12, 2022
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News tagged with fetal brain
Neuroscience
Stress, anxiety and depression during pregnancy may hinder toddler's cognitive development
Women's elevated anxiety, depression and stress during pregnancy altered key features of the fetal brain, which subsequently decreased their offspring's cognitive development at 18 months. These changes also increased internalizing ...
Apr 29, 2022
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Neuroscience
For neurons, where they begin isn't necessarily where they end
The making of a human brain remains a mostly mysterious process that races from an embryonic neural tube to more than 100 billion interconnected neurons in the brain of a newborn. To achieve this marvel of biological engineering, ...
Apr 20, 2022
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Genetics
BPA exposure of the placenta could affect fetal brain development
In a new study, scientists at the University of Missouri demonstrate the direct transmission of bisphenol A (BPA) from a mother to her developing child via the placenta could negatively impact fetal brain development. Cheryl ...
Jan 12, 2022
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Neuroscience
MRI reveals altered brain structure in fetuses exposed to alcohol
In the first MRI-based study to investigate pre-natal alcohol exposure, researchers found significant changes in the brain structure of fetuses exposed to alcohol compared to healthy controls. Results of the study are being ...
Dec 01, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
COVID-19 during pregnancy doesn't harm baby's brain: study
COVID-19 of mild to moderate severity in pregnant women appears to have no effect on the brain of the developing fetus, according to a study being presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North ...
Nov 30, 2021
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Medical research
How our unique brain takes shape during mid-pregnancy
About four or five months after conception, a burst of synaptic growth begins in the prefrontal cortex (PFC) of the human fetus. And within this tangled mass of connections, the developing brain acquires the unique properties ...
Sep 29, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Brain organoids mimic head size changes associated with type of autism
Variations in the 16p11.2 region of the genome are associated with autism spectrum disorder. While people with genetic deletions in this region have larger heads (macrocephaly) and people with genetic duplications have smaller ...
Aug 26, 2021
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Neuroscience
Prenatal stress can program a child's brain for later health issues
Soaring blood pressure. A racing heartbeat. Trouble sleeping. Excessive worrying. Difficulty concentrating. These are warning signs of out-of-control stress and anxiety, and their roots could begin long before you might think.
May 06, 2021
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Engineer cautions pregnant women about speed bumps
Slow down. Baby on board.
Apr 13, 2021
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