An international research team led by Maggie Wong at the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics (MPI) has discovered that ...

A new study has found higher prenatal exposure to phthalates -- manmade chemicals that interfere with hormonal messaging -- to be connected with disruptive and problem behaviors in children between ...

No two brains are the same. This is well known in life and science, but why brains develop divergently in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a mystery that persists in neurobiology research. Many ...

First placebo-controlled study on stress dose hydrocortisone and neurodevelopment shows that higher doses of hydrocortisone are not associated with brain injury or neurodevelopmental impairments, but ...

Lead exposure from modern chemical pollution is a well-documented threat to neurodevelopment and general health, yet a ...

(CBS News) Five new studies out of Denmark suggest that pregnant women who drink low to moderate levels of alcohol during early pregnancy may not risk neurological and psychological damage to their ...

Boys born to mothers infected with SARS‐CoV‐2 during pregnancy may be more likely to receive a diagnosis of a neurodevelopmental disorder by age 12 months, according to new research. Andrea G. Edlow, ...

In a recent study published in Cell, researchers used a multi-omics approach to profile the gut microbiomes and metabolomes of mothers and infants to determine the vertical and horizontal transmission ...

The gut microbiome is a complex population of microorganisms inhabiting the gastrointestinal tract. Over thousands of years, the human gut microbiome has co-evolved with its host, establishing a ...

Infants without congenital Zika syndrome who were exposed to Zika in utero are at risk for abnormal neurodevelopmental outcomes during their first 18 months of life, according to a longitudinal study ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Children born to mothers taking ADHD medication did not have altered neurodevelopment or growth compared with ...

Moderate drinking during pregnancy may not have an effect on the brain development of the baby, according to a new study. Researchers have found that on average, children of mothers who drank between ...