The maternal microbiome and immune system have both independent and synergistic effects on fetal brain health—changes in the mother's immune system have been linked to an increased risk of ...

Research led by the SickKids Research Institute in Toronto and the University of Pennsylvania, has found that immune-related ...

A team of researchers from Tohoku University, the National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, and National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University has uncovered a novel molecular mechanism through which ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Our previous studies with estrogen receptor β knockout ($ER\beta^{-/-}$) mice demonstrated that ERβ is ...

One hypothesis for how autism develops is excessive neuron production in the prenatal period, leading to a transient but significant increase in brain size in the first few years of life in about ...

Which genes are required for turning embryonic stem cells into brain cells, and what happens when this process goes wrong? In a new study published today in Nature Neuroscience, researchers led by ...

Explore how stressors during pregnancy influence foetal brain development and the impact on future neurodevelopmental ...

A large genetic screen has revealed how stem cells transform into brain cells, exposing hundreds of genes that make this ...

The study used large-scale CRISPR gene-editing technology to systematically determine which genes are required as embryonic ...