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The image shows the differences in the brain scans between the breast fed and formula fed babies.

·June 6, 2013·4 min read

Breastfeeding Benefits Babies’ Brains

Using MRI brain imaging, researchers discover babies which are only breastfed have improved brain development over those who are fed with a combination of formula and breast milk, or those formula fed alone.

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·June 6, 2013·4 min read

Researchers Discover How Brain Circuits Can Become Miswired During Development

Researchers have uncovered a mechanism which guides the wiring of neural circuits in a developing brain.

The image shows the three copies of chromosome 21 associated with Down syndrome.

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·May 28, 2013·3 min read

Down Syndrome Neurons Grown From Stem Cells Show Signature Problems

Using induced pluripotent stem cells which were grown into brain cells, researchers were provided with a way to look at early brain development in Down syndrome.

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Featured Genetics

·April 15, 2013·4 min read

Brain Development Is Guided by Junk DNA that Isn’t Really Junk

Researchers discover a role for long noncoding RNA in brain development and neurodegenerative diseases.

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·February 25, 2013·3 min read

BPA May Affect the Developing Brain by Disrupting Gene Regulation

New research suggests environmental exposure to bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical commonly found in plastics and resins, could suppress a gene critical to nerve cell function and the development of the central nervous system. Exposure to BPA could predispose humans to a number of neurodevelopmental and other health disorders.

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·February 20, 2013·4 min read

Signaling Pathway Linked to Fetal Alcohol Risk

Research have identified a signaling pathway that might determine genetic susceptibility for the development of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD).

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·February 18, 2013·5 min read

Shedding New Light on Infant Brain Development

Researchers find the infant brain does not control its blood flow in the same way as the adult brain. The findings could change the way researchers study brain development in infants and children.

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·February 12, 2013·3 min read

Early Music Lessons Boost Brain Development

A new study suggests early musical training has a significant effect on the development of the brain. Practicing instruments before the age of seven boosts the normal maturation of connections between motor and sensory regions of the brain, researchers suggest.

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·January 24, 2013·3 min read

Chance Finding Reveals New Control on Blood Vessels in Developing Brain

New research demonstrates how developing glia and neural cells help control the growth of blood vessels.

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·January 17, 2013·5 min read

Findings on Potential to Prevent, Reverse Serious Disabilities Affecting Children Born Prematurely

Researchers report that low blood and oxygen flow to the developing brain does not, as previously thought, cause an irreversible loss of brain cells, but rather disrupts the cells’ ability to fully mature.

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·September 19, 2012·4 min read

Scientists Show Biological Mechanism Can Trigger Epileptic Seizures

Researchers at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center report that molecular disruptions in small neurons called granule cells – located in the dentate gyrus region of the brain – caused brain seizures in mice similar to those seen in human temporal lobe epilepsy.

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·August 9, 2012·5 min read

Neuroscientists Find Brain Stem Cells that May Be Responsible for Higher Functions, Bigger Brains

A neuron’s fate was thought to be determined by the timing of its birth date. Neuroscientists recently showed that there is a distinct stem cell progenitor that gives rise to upper layer neurons, regardless of birth date or place.

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brain development

Breastfeeding Benefits Babies’ Brains

Researchers Discover How Brain Circuits Can Become Miswired During Development

Down Syndrome Neurons Grown From Stem Cells Show Signature Problems

Brain Development Is Guided by Junk DNA that Isn’t Really Junk

BPA May Affect the Developing Brain by Disrupting Gene Regulation

Signaling Pathway Linked to Fetal Alcohol Risk

Shedding New Light on Infant Brain Development

Early Music Lessons Boost Brain Development

Chance Finding Reveals New Control on Blood Vessels in Developing Brain

Findings on Potential to Prevent, Reverse Serious Disabilities Affecting Children Born Prematurely

Scientists Show Biological Mechanism Can Trigger Epileptic Seizures

Neuroscientists Find Brain Stem Cells that May Be Responsible for Higher Functions, Bigger Brains

Cell Membrane Lipid Governs Retinal Light Sensitivity

Dogs Parse Human Speech Using the Same Consonant Bias as Humans

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