We now know that cells exchanged during pregnancy can take up residency in our brain. Could they influence our development, ...

During fetal development, the human brain generates an excess of neurons, most of which are eliminated shortly before and ...

A research team in the Department of Developmental Neuroscience at Tohuku University Graduate School of Medicine found that paternal age distinctly influen | Genetics ...

About one in five U.S. women experience maternal mental health conditions, and chronic stress during pregnancy can contribute ...

A team from the Institute for Neurosciences (IN), a joint center of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and Miguel ...

The human brain, like the brain of other mammals, is known to start developing before birth, via a coordinated sequence of molecular and cellular processes. Neuroscience studies have found that the ...

Bioengineering researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed a soft, thin, stretchable bioelectronic device that can be implanted into a ...

During pregnancy, as a mother’s body nurtures new life, her health shapes the baby’s development. Shifts in maternal health can trickle to the fetus, leaving lasting effects on the baby’s long-term ...

Their “programmable” embryo-like structures, also known as embryoids, can be used to study the role of certain genes in early development The earliest days after fertilization, once a sperm cell meets ...

A review in Frontiers in Pediatrics summarizes how the fetal adaptive and innate immune systems develop across gestation and ...

When genes are "expressed," it is like reading an instruction manual to create things the body needs—such as proteins or RNA.

About one in five U.S. women experience maternal mental health conditions, and chronic stress during pregnancy can contribute ...