neurodevelopment

By postnatally providing a transcription factor important for brain development, researchers fixed abnormalities generated in utero in mice.

Long-read sequencing uncovered hundreds of thousands of new isoforms not previously identified during development.

A 3D variation of pooled CRISPR screens could connect the dots between autism spectrum disorder genetics and cell fate pathways in the developing brain.

Explore the latest developments in brain organoid production.

Studying otherwise identical XY, XX, X0, and XXY pluripotent stem cells will allow researchers to investigate sex-based differences in greater depth.

Pups born to mice whose mothers had been fed a high-fat diet showed social deficits, a study shows. 

Epigenetic events, such as methylation, during early brain development in mice occur in genomic regions associated with BMI in humans, according to a new study.

The Middlebury College neuroscientist explores enzymes that affect brain cell development and neurodegeneration.

Evidence thus far shows that pregnant people infected with SARS-CoV-2 are at higher risk for severe disease and death, as well as complications in their pregnancies.

Once thought of as a mere motor coordination center, the “little brain” is now appreciated as participating in higher neurological processes.

The normal functions of peptides that aggregate in Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and Huntington’s have been largely overlooked by scientists, but some argue that they are critical for understanding the development of disease.

A study finds that expression levels of certain genes that track with brain activity—particularly those involved in brain development—vary between people with autism and their non-autistic peers.

Some experts argue that better trials are needed before putting interventions into practice.

An epigenome-wide association study found more than a dozen methylation changes in placental DNA that correlated with expectant mothers’ self-reports of depression and stress during their pregnancy.

He discovered that autism had strong genetic links.

In both a mouse model and the hospital records of more than 3 million children, researchers found a connection between strong immune activation in males and later symptoms of autism spectrum disorder.

By measuring various pollutants in the immediate vicinity of pregnant women and tracking brain development of their children, researchers in Barcelona aim to untangle any influence the former has on the latter.

The hormone, which is well known for regulating appetite, appears to influence neuronal development—a finding that could shed light on disorders such as autism that involve dysfunctional synapse formation.

Richard Smith will discuss the importance of ionic flux in in utero neuronal development.