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·June 21, 2013·2 min read

Study Shows a Solitary Mutation Can Destroy Critical ‘Window’ of Early Brain Development

New research shows brain damage caused by the loss of a single copy of a gene during early neurodevelopment can cause a permanent behavioral and intellectual problems.

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·June 21, 2013·4 min read

Scientists Discover Previously Unknown Requirement for Brain Development

Genes alone don't determine how the cerebral cortex grows into separate functional areas. Input from the thalamus is also crucially required, a new study suggests.

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·June 18, 2013·2 min read

Not All Reading Disabilities are Dyslexia

Specific Reading Comprehension Deficits (S-RCD), a common reading disorder often goes undiagnosed until it becomes problematic, according to a new study.

The illustration shows the brain differences between normal reading and dyslexic children performing a rhyming task.

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·June 13, 2013·3 min read

Researchers Unravel Genetics of Dyslexia and Language Impairment

Researchers identified genetic variants that can predispose children to dyslexia and language impairment. The study could allow for earlier diagnosis and more successful interventions for language impairment disorders.

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·June 12, 2013·4 min read

Dad’s Life Stress Exposure Can Affect Offspring Brain Development

Researchers have shown stress on preadolesecent and adult male mice induced an epigenetic mark in their sperm which reprogrammed their offspring's HPA axis, a region the the brain which governs stress response.

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·June 11, 2013·2 min read

Fetal Neuromaturation Associated with Mother’s Exposure to DDT and Other Environmental Contaminants

Researchers discover a mother's higher exposure to some common environmental contaminants are associated with more vigorous and frequent motor activity. The results show the fetus is susceptible to environmental exposure and this can be detected by measuring fetal neurobehavior.

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

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·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.

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·May 10, 2013·3 min read

Experience Leads to the Growth of New Brain Cells

Researchers examine how individuality develops through adult neurogenesis; the generation of new neurons in the hippocampus which allows the brain to react flexibly to new information.

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·March 18, 2013·3 min read

Similar Neuro Outcomes in Preterm Infants with Low-Grade Brain Bleeding as Infants with no Bleeding

Preterm infants with low-grade periventricular-intraventricular hemorrhage (PIVH) brain bleeding could have similar long term neurodevelopmental outcomes as babies with no bleeding, researchers suggest.

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·March 6, 2013·2 min read

Flip of a Single Molecular Switch Makes an Old Brain Young

Monitoring the synapses of living mice, researchers discover an important genetic switch for brain maturation. Mice without the Nogo Receptor 1 gene have persistent levels of juvenile brain plasticity through adulthood.

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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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neurodevelopment

Study Shows a Solitary Mutation Can Destroy Critical ‘Window’ of Early Brain Development

Scientists Discover Previously Unknown Requirement for Brain Development

Not All Reading Disabilities are Dyslexia

Researchers Unravel Genetics of Dyslexia and Language Impairment

Dad’s Life Stress Exposure Can Affect Offspring Brain Development

Fetal Neuromaturation Associated with Mother’s Exposure to DDT and Other Environmental Contaminants

Breastfeeding Benefits Babies’ Brains

Researchers Discover How Brain Circuits Can Become Miswired During Development

Experience Leads to the Growth of New Brain Cells

Similar Neuro Outcomes in Preterm Infants with Low-Grade Brain Bleeding as Infants with no Bleeding

Flip of a Single Molecular Switch Makes an Old Brain Young

BPA May Affect the Developing Brain by Disrupting Gene Regulation

How the Brain Maps Every Number

Non-Drug Breakthrough for Postpartum Depression

Cancer Drug Halts Fragile Brain Bleeds

Astrocyte Subtypes Drive Synapse Formation and Memory

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