An observational study of preterm infants exposed to pain early in life found sex-specific differences in the development of brain connectivity.

A new study published in Developmental Science provides evidence that household income instability during pregnancy may be ...

The Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center at UMass Chan Medical School is completing the first phase of data collection for a ...

Control of brain network activity develops very early in life, new research shows, and is linked to cognitive ability in young children.

A common steroid therapy may influence brain development in preterm infants Date: November 2, 2024 Source: Nagoya University Summary: Antenatal corticosteroids (ACS) are an established therapy for ...

The infants were also assessed for autism spectrum disorders at 24 months. Those who later developed ASDs (n = 28) had abnormal development in 12 of 15 fiber tracts in the brain's white matter ...

The brain is a dynamic organ, especially during infancy and prenatal development. According to previous studies, prenatal brain development is susceptible to the stressors of parents during ...

Although this disparity was observed in infants born at 28 weeks or later, it was not observed in those born earlier. This suggests that the effects of ACS on brain development are dependent on ...