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Children Have Elevated Risk for Mental Health Issues if Mother Treated for Infection During Pregnancy

Neuroscience NewsMarch 7, 2019

Risks for autism and depression are higher if one’s mother was in a hospital with an infection during pregnancy according to a new study.... Read More...

AutismFeaturedPsychology5 min read

First Pregnancy After Robot Assisted Uterus Transplant

Neuroscience NewsJanuary 9, 2019

Researchers report a woman who underwent revolutionary robotic uterine transplant surgery is now pregnant. The child will be the first born following a transplant using the new robotic surgical technique.... Read More...

FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscienceneurotechRobotics3 min read

New Insight Into the Process of New Neuron Generation in the Adult Brain

Neuroscience NewsJanuary 3, 2019

Researchers discover the protein nestin produced in astrocytes plays a role in inhibiting neural differentiation. The study reports nestin does not control adult neurogenesis by acting within neural stem cells, but by regulating Notch signals neural stem cells receive from astrocytes. ... Read More...

FeaturedNeuroscience4 min read

Image shows an illustration of how an ischemic stroke occurs.

New Discovery May Improve Recovery After Stroke

Neuroscience NewsDecember 13, 2016

A peptide administered via nasal drops may help improve recovery following ischemic stroke.... Read More...

FeaturedNeurologyOpen Neuroscience Articles5 min read

News

Eating breakfast with parents is associated with positive body image for teenagers

New drug combination shows promise for common pediatric brain tumor

Sleep and aging: Two sides of one coin?

Neuroscience

New drug combination shows promise for common pediatric brain tumor

Sleep and aging: Two sides of one coin?

Child and adolescent anxiety could be linked to later alcohol problems

Neurology

New drug combination shows promise for common pediatric brain tumor

Researchers point to a common cause in sudden death syndromes

New study reshapes understanding of how the brain recovers from injury

AI

Brain-inspired AI inspires insights about the brain (and vice versa)

AI and MRIs at birth can predict cognitive development at age 2

A robotic leg, born without prior knowledge, learns to walk

Robotics

The robots that dementia caregivers want: Robots for joy, robots for sorrow

Seeing through a robot’s eyes helps those with profound motor impairments

A robotic leg, born without prior knowledge, learns to walk

Psychology

Eating breakfast with parents is associated with positive body image for teenagers

Child and adolescent anxiety could be linked to later alcohol problems

When neurons are out of shape, antidepressants may not work

University of Gothenburg

Children Have Elevated Risk for Mental Health Issues if Mother Treated for Infection During Pregnancy

First Pregnancy After Robot Assisted Uterus Transplant

New Insight Into the Process of New Neuron Generation in the Adult Brain

New Discovery May Improve Recovery After Stroke