News tagged with fetal brain

Pilot study relates phthalate exposure to less-masculine play by boys

A study of 145 preschool children reports, for the first time, that when the concentrations of two common phthalates in mothers' prenatal urine are elevated their sons are less likely to play with male-typical toys and games, ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (9) | comments 9

New insight into primate eye evolution

Researchers comparing the fetal development of the eye of the owl monkey with that of the capuchin monkey have found that only a minor difference in the timing of cell proliferation can explain the multiple anatomical differences ...

Biology / Evolution

created May 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Flame retardant linked to altered thyroid hormone levels during pregnancy

Pregnant women with higher blood levels of a common flame retardant had altered thyroid hormone levels, a result that could have implications for fetal health, according to a new study led by researchers at the University ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 21, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Brain abnormalities identified that result from prenatal meth exposure

Children whose mothers abused methamphetamine (meth) during pregnancy show brain abnormalities that may be more severe than that of children exposed to alcohol prenatally, according to a study in the March ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Mar 16, 2010 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Researchers report of a brain and spinal tumor following human fetal stem cell therapy

A case report published in this week's issue of the open-access general medical journal, PLoS Medicine, describes a rare side effect of human fetal stem cell therapy. Ninette Amariglio and Gideon Rechavi from the Sheba Medica ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 18, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New technology allows medical workers to better assess brain injuries

A Queen's University neuroscientist is launching a medical tool at the world's largest neuroscience conference in San Diego on Monday, Nov. 15.

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 15, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Reducing diet early in pregnancy stunts fetal brain development

Eating less during early pregnancy impaired fetal brain development in a nonhuman primate model, researchers from The University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio reported today.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jan 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Process important to brain development studied in detail

Knowledge about the development of the nervous system is of the greatest importance for us to understand the function of the brain and brain disorders. Researchers at Uppsala University have examined the key step when genes ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Figuring out fetal alcohol syndrome in fruit flies

Drinking excess alcohol during pregnancy can cause fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) due to the damaging effects of alcohol on a developing baby's brain. Despite its harmful effects, pregnant mothers continue to drink alcohol ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Feb 08, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0