It is known that the antiepileptic drug valproate increases the risk of developmental disorders in unborn children.

It is known that the antiepileptic drug valproate increases the risk of developmental disorders in unborn children. A study ...

University of Virginia School of Medicine scientists have revealed how mistakes in the final step of cell division can have dire consequences for developing brain cells. The findings offer important ...

In a bid to better understand, and potentially treat, a host of conditions that affect early cognition, neurodevelopment, and the brain later in life, investigators at Johns Hopkins Medicine and ...

When brain development gets off to a bad start, the consequences are lifelong. One example is a condition called SCN2A haploinsufficiency, in which children are born with just one functioning copy of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Just as pediatricians use growth charts to monitor a child's height and weight, researchers have now created the first ...

A new study shows that genetic risk for schizophrenia causes a unique decrease in frontal cortical surface area during early adolescence.

Communication begins long before children learn to speak. Researchers at National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU) in ...

A landmark finding of delayed brain maturation in ADHD was likely based on a data mirage ...

A new study from Karolinska Institutet shows that different SSRI medications affect metabolic processes in developing nerve ...