Very preterm infants face up to a 50% higher risk of developmental challenges affecting movement, learning, language and ...

The human brain undergoes significant development during the final prenatal months and through the first year of life. And while scientists have begun to map the developmental trajectories of this ...

Scientists have uncovered remarkable insights into how the earliest brain connections shape infant emotional development, potentially offering new ways to identify children at risk for future ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising link between gut microbes, and brain development—offering new clues about ADHD, autism, and the potential role of probiotics.

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 ...

A new study shows that whether families can reliably meet basic needs, not just how much they earn, may shape infants’ brain development as early as the first year of life. Study: Income insufficiency ...

“Everyday” exposures in the neonatal period, such as pain, may impact brain health in preterm infants. Specifically, greater exposure to painful procedures in the initial weeks after birth have been ...

We investigated the impact of donor milk on structural brain development, relative to maternal milk feeding, in very preterm infants at term-equivalent age (TEA). Brain volumes and overall white ...

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A child's family income and the neighborhood they grow up in may play a much bigger role in brain development than previously ...

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, USA, 3 June 2025 – In a comprehensive Genomic Press research article, scientists have uncovered remarkable insights into how the earliest brain connections shape infant ...