Extremely preterm infants with higher fat-free mass at term-equivalent age show better cognitive, language, and motor ...

Infants born deaf or hard of hearing show adverse changes in how their brains organize and specialize, but exposure to sound ...

Early life pain exposure alters brain development in preterm infants, particularly female infants, according to a new study. The observational cohort study collected and analyzed data from 150 infants ...

New research has made a striking link between a mother’s exposure to “forever chemicals” during pregnancy and the shape of ...

Antenatal corticosteroids (ACS) are an established therapy for pregnant women at risk of preterm birth. Researchers have found that babies given ACS had notably smaller volumes of two key brain ...

Researchers examine how growth and learning are subtly shaped among children whose mothers had COVID while pregnant.

Infants exposed in utero to methamphetamine or whose mother smoked tobacco while pregnant display delays in motor development and white matter maturation, a new study found. "Our findings provide ...

Why Nuts Matter for Growing Brains Food such as nuts, seeds and nut butters make a protein- and zinc-packed snack. Protein ...

Adoptees’ higher ADHD rates reflect genetic, prenatal, and social factors, highlighting the need for trauma-informed, ...

For decades, it was impossible for clinicians to know which babies with major heart defects might eventually have ...

A new study published in Molecular Psychiatry reveals that the biological underpinnings of autism and ADHD may transcend ...