In people not adapted to life at altitude, the sparse oxygen can impair fetal growth, causing issues that can last a lifetime ...

The human brain exhibits lifelong age-related changes under complex genetic and environmental factors (Rakic, 2004; Kremen et al., 2010; Rando and Chang, 2012; Alexander-Bloch et al., 2020). As ...

In Indiana, abortion is allowed only in cases of rape, incest, fetal anomalies or if the mother’s life is in danger. Even ...

The central nervous system (CNS) harbors its own immune system composed of microglia in the parenchyma and CNS-associated macrophages (CAMs) in the perivascular space, leptomeninges, dura mater, and ...

Feb. 25 (UPI) --A new, wide-ranging review of existing scientific data released Tuesday is pointing to the possibility that dozens of commonly prescribed drugs could adversely affect brain ...

A new study suggests that a mother’s diet during pregnancy can impact her child’s risk of ADHD and autism. Researchers found ...

Fetal-neonatal iron deficiency acutely alters hippocampal biochemistry, neural morphology, and electrophysiology accompanied by a downregulation of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF).

A team of European researchers have found that infections during pregnancy can have long-term impacts on the brain ...

An Indiana couple received their son's hydranencephaly diagnosis in time to have options, but that is not the case for every pregnancy.