News tagged with neurodevelopment
ADHD genes found, known to play roles in neurodevelopment
Jun 23, 2009 |
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Pediatric researchers have identified hundreds of gene variations that occur more frequently in children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) than in children without ADHD. Many of those genes were already ...
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Scientists shed light on long-distance signaling in developing neurons
Feb 19, 2008 |
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A longstanding puzzle in neurodevelopment may have yielded up a key secret. A team led by scientists at Weill Cornell Medical College says they have determined how events at the very tips of the developing neuron's long, ...
Study shows California's autism increase not due to better counting, diagnosis
Jan 08, 2009 |
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A study by researchers at the UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute has found that the seven- to eight-fold increase in the number children born in California with autism since 1990 cannot be explained by either changes in how the ...
Closing coal-burning power plant in China and improved cognitive development in children
Jul 14, 2008 |
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Closing coal-fired power plants can have a direct, positive impact on children's cognitive development and health according to a study released by the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health (CCCEH) at Columbia ...
Scientists offer explanation for 'face blindness'
Nov 25, 2008 |
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For the first time, scientists have been able to map the disruption in neural circuitry of people suffering from congenital prosopagnosia, sometimes known as face blindness, and have been able to offer a biological explanation ...
Little evidence that binge drinking while pregnant seriously harms fetus
Nov 14, 2007 |
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There is little substantive evidence that binge drinking while pregnant seriously harms the developing fetus, finds a study in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.
Consumption of certain fish during pregnancy associated with poorer cognitive performance
Nov 12, 2009 |
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Children who eat fish more than 3 times per week show a worse performance in the general cognitive, executive and perceptual-manipulative areas. Those with higher levels of exposure to mercury show a generalised delay in ...
Teenage boys who eat fish at least once a week achieve higher intelligence scores
Mar 09, 2009 |
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Fifteen-year-old males who ate fish at least once a week displayed higher cognitive skills at the age of 18 than those who it ate it less frequently, according to a study of nearly 4,000 teenagers published in the March issue ...
Researchers find aggressive phototherapy can improve neurodevelopmental outcomes in some preemies
Oct 29, 2008 |
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Researchers at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston say the use of aggressive phototherapy reduces the odds that tiny premature infants will develop neurodevelopmental impairment such as cerebral palsy, blindness, ...
Antenatal fish oil supplements boost kids' hand-eye coordination
Dec 21, 2006 |
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Fish oil supplements given to pregnant mums boost the hand-eye coordination of their babies as toddlers, reveals a small study published ahead of print in the Archives of Disease in Childhood (Fetal and Neonatal Edition).
Facial expressions have greater impact on kids with bipolar disorder
Nov 26, 2007 |
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Children with bipolar disorder respond differently to facial expressions than children without psychiatric disorders, according to a new study led by a Bradley Hospital researcher.
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