In a study led by researchers from Mass General Brigham, children with more adverse prenatal exposures (APEs) showed higher ...

A new study from Spain reveals that babies born to mothers exposed to higher air pollution levels in pregnancy show signs of slower brain myelination, a subtle but telling shift in how early brain ...

Left amygdalar volumes were smaller in newborns whose mothers had high psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic, a small cross-sectional study suggested. Infants of mothers with elevated ...

A study published in Nature Neuroscience explores how prenatal stress can influence neurodevelopmental outcomes in foetuses.

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A joint observational study by Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) and Columbia University has found that prenatal exposure to a common pesticide also used as an ...

Barbara Stonestreet, MD, a neonatal-perinatal specialist at Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, a Care New England hospital, and professor of pediatrics at The Warren Alpert Medical School of ...

A recent study published in Molecular Psychiatry provides evidence that exposure to cannabis during pregnancy may alter the trajectory of brain development in offspring from the fetal stage through ...

A new study found that using cannabis while pregnant can lead to molecular changes in the genes of unborn children that negatively impact brain development. The findings highlight the need for more ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Children whose mothers took methamphetamine during pregnancy have brain abnormalities that may explain the developmental problems they often experience, U.S. researchers said on ...