The first organized stem cell culture model that resembles all three sections of the embryonic brain and spinal cord, and produces a full model of the early stages of the human central nervous system, ...

New research tracks how THC exposure during pregnancy disrupts fetal brain development and leads to sustained structural ...

Taken together, these findings underscore the relevance of fetal movement within the psychology of pregnancy, suggesting that ...

A team of researchers from Tohoku University, the National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, and National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University has uncovered a novel molecular mechanism through which ...

Researchers in Turkey have identified a potential biological link between early fetal development and the later emergence of gender dysphoria. The study indicates that adults diagnosed with gender ...

One hypothesis for how autism develops is excessive neuron production in the prenatal period, leading to a transient but significant increase in brain size in the first few years of life in about ...

A team from the Douglas Research Centre found that high cannabis use during pregnancy can cause delays in fetal brain ...

The young embryo may survive this exposure, but brain development may be altered to varying degrees. The study published today reveals for the first time that the harmful effects of alcohol on fetal ...

For the first time, a team of researchers at the Institute for Neurosciences (IN), a joint center of the Spanish National ...