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 ...

Extremely preterm infants with higher fat-free mass at term-equivalent age show better cognitive, language, and motor ...

Early life pain exposure alters brain development in preterm infants, particularly female infants, according to a new study. The observational cohort study collected and analyzed data from 150 infants ...

New research has made a striking link between a mother’s exposure to “forever chemicals” during pregnancy and the shape of ...

Infants born deaf or hard of hearing show adverse changes in how their brains organize and specialize, but exposure to sound and language may help them develop more normally, according to new research ...

Infants exposed in utero to methamphetamine or whose mother smoked tobacco while pregnant display delays in motor development and white matter maturation, a new study found. "Our findings provide ...

Myo-inositol, a sugar molecule found in breast milk, promotes the development of neural connections in infants’ brains. The corresponding study was published in PNAS. Previous studies show that breast ...

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 ...

New evidence reveals how ultra-processed foods reshape children’s brain development, mood, and attention, highlighting why ...

Why Nuts Matter for Growing Brains Food such as nuts, seeds and nut butters make a protein- and zinc-packed snack. Protein ...