Difficulty conceiving a pregnancy may be associated with small differences in children's learning and behavior, according to ...

The gut microbiome and epigenetics—molecular switches that turn genes on or off—are intertwined, and both contribute to neurodevelopment, finds a study published in Cell Press Blue. The researchers ...

A pregnant mouse whose gut bacteria have been wiped out gives birth to pups with measurably weaker nerve connections between ...

In a Genomic Press Interview published today in Brain Medicine, Dr. Alex Tsompanidis highlights an exciting new idea that positions the placenta at the center of human neurodevelopment and evolution, ...

In a recent review published in the journal Nutrients, researchers collated studies on the epigenetic advantages of breast milk feeding and neurodevelopment in infants. Study: Potential Epigenetic ...

No two brains are the same. This is well known in life and science, but why brains develop divergently in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a mystery that persists in neurobiology research. Many ...