June 14, 2012 — A longitudinal imaging study has showed that infants at high risk for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) with a subsequent ASD diagnosis exhibited abnormal development of white matter in ...

April 15, 2009 — Prenatal use of methamphetamine has been linked to abnormal brain development and may explain developmental delays sometimes observed in exposed children. The first study to examine ...

A genome-wide CRISPR study maps 331 genes essential for early brain development, identifying PEDS1 as a new ...

The maternal microbiome and immune system have both independent and synergistic effects on fetal brain health—changes in the ...

Schizophrenia, a psychiatric disorder that affects how a person feels, thinks, and behaves, affects roughly 1% of the population (approximately 3.5 million people in the U.S.) and is a leading cause ...

Explore how stressors during pregnancy influence foetal brain development and the impact on future neurodevelopmental ...

A team from the Douglas Research Centre found that high cannabis use during pregnancy can cause delays in fetal brain development that persist into adulthood. Using advanced magnetic resonance imaging ...

Research led by the SickKids Research Institute in Toronto and the University of Pennsylvania, has found that immune-related ...

Disrupting maternal gut-immune axis perturbed immune networks in developing mouse brains, revealing potential mechanisms underlying neurodevelopmental disorders.