A new study links satellite data with brain imaging to reveal how environmental factors like light pollution, green spaces, ...

Children with the expanded gene also had larger cerebral ... produce excess glutamate (an important neurotransmitter), which ...

The 2024 study provides valuable insights into why this habit is so essential for children and how loss of it can hinder the ...

The Huntington’s disease (HD) mutation eventually causes a fatal brain disease in adulthood, but a University of Iowa study finds that early in life, children with the HD mutation have bigger brains ...

Exposure to nitric oxide (NO)— which is produced when fuel is burned — while a mother is pregnant, or in the early months of ...

Babies exposed to smog and the fumes from heavy traffic and factories could be at risk of developing autism, with ...

Maternal experiences of racism were associated with stronger brain connectivity in newborns in functional networks linked to ...

A new study has found that toxins in the air could be linked with an increased risk of developing autism spectrum disorder.

A recent study conducted in mice suggests that specific beneficial bacteria in a pregnant mother’s gut could support healthy ...

Autism spectrum disorder and other neurodevelopmental disorders could be triggered by air pollution, a new study suggests.

A recent study highlights a connection between asthma and memory difficulties in children, with earlier onset linked to ...

Speech and language therapy plays a pivotal role in the early development of young children. The first few years of life are critical for brain development, and early intervention can have a ...