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·December 7, 2020·5 min read

Maternal Anxiety Affects the Fetal Brain

Stress, anxiety, and depression in pregnant women is associated with social and behavioral problems in their offspring. Neuroimaging reveals fetuses whose mothers were anxious had weaker connectivity between brain areas associated with executive and cognitive function. Read More

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·August 30, 2020·5 min read

Children With No COVID-19 Symptoms May Shed Virus for Weeks

A new COVID-19 study reveals children with coronavirus, even those who are asymptomatic, can shed the virus for up to three weeks following infection. Read More

Brain Cancer Featured Neurology Open Neuroscience Articles

·July 27, 2020·5 min read

Brain Tumors May Be Seeded From Distant Site

Glioblastoma brain cancer originates from a pool of stem cells that can be a significant distance away from where the tumor eventually forms. Read More

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·March 18, 2020·4 min read

Scorpion venom shows promise for treating fetal alcohol spectrum disorder

Tamapin, an investigational drug derived from Indian red scorpion venom, reverses motor deficits in pre-clinical models of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. Read More

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·January 29, 2020·6 min read

Higher maternal socioeconomics offer little protection against toxic prenatal stress

Maternal stress and anxiety alter the structure and biochemistry of the developing fetal brain. Read More

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·January 13, 2020·6 min read

When pregnant moms are stressed out, babies’ brains suffer

Stress and anxiety during pregnancy are associated with impaired fetal cerebellar and hippocampal development in children with congenital heart disease. Read More

Autism Featured Neuroscience

·October 21, 2019·2 min read

Autism spectrum disorder risk linked to insufficient placental steroid

When the hormone allopregnanolone (ALLO) abruptly decreases or stops during pregnancy, children are more likely to develop autism. Researchers report a single ALLO injection during pregnancy can avert the brain abnormalities and social behaviors associated with ASD in experimental mouse models of autism. Read More