... per year in the United States alone — investigated the mechanism of cocaine's effect on fetal brain development. They found that a byproduct of cocaine metabolism inhibits the development of nerve ...
... alcohol causes to cells in a key area of the fetal brain by blocking acid sensitive potassium ... countries. Milder forms of the condition, known as fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, occur more frequently ...
... fat diet in utero produces permanent neurons in the fetal brain that later increase the appetite for fat," ... her colleagues then looked at the pups' brain development during the last week of pregnancy. ...
... so, but our findings strongly suggest that the behaviors we observed in the offspring of mice injected with fetal brain antibodies from human mothers did behave in a manner that mimics some behaviors ...
... that chronic exposure during pregnancy to miniscule levels of carbon monoxide damages the cells of the fetal brain, resulting in permanent impairment. The journal BMC (BioMed Central) Neuroscience ...
... disease, because the prenatal teratogen – the substances that cause the abnormalities -- act diffusely in the fetal brain, resulting in multiple defects.
Prof. Yanai and his associates were able to ...
... a high-fat diet during pregnancy produces permanent changes in the offspring’s brain that lead to overeating and obesity early in life, according to new research by Rockefeller University scientists. ...
... do not alter the actual DNA sequence—of developmental genes like Dio3 in the fetal brain. To investigate this hypothesis, they used rats to model moderate alcohol consumption during pregnancy.
The ...
... consumption by pregnant women hinders brain development in their children by interfering with the genetic processes that control thyroid hormone levels in the fetal brain, a new animal study found.
... potential danger to adults. In mature human brains, astrocytes ordinarily produce very little ... pregnant women," Barres said. "This potential effect on fetal brains needs to be taken seriously. Right ...
... the California Marine Mammal Center that showed this brain disturbance to be a newly recognized chronic disease. ... algal toxin, domoic acid, during fetal brain development. The results, analyzed across ...
... for neurotrophins, a family of peptides that influence the growth, development and functional plasticity of the fetal brain. A new rodent study of alcohol's effects on three key neurotrophins has ...
Prenatal alcohol exposure may be particularly destructive for neurotrophins, a family of peptides that influence the growth, development and functional plasticity of the fetal brain...
... In previous studies, Oliver and his colleagues had identified the Six3 protein as critical to fetal brain formation. Also, other studies had implicated defect-causing mutations in Six3 as involved in ...
... period of time. Under conditions of excessive stress, however, the large amount of this hormone reaching the fetal brain can cause structural and functional changes. In humans, above-normal levels of ...
