Exposure to high temperatures during pregnancy and early infancy is associated with slower growth of the thalamus later in ...

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 ...

Now, in this study, the researchers injected pregnant ewes with 200 mg of progesterone, twice a week, from day 20 to 75 (equivalent to 15 weeks of pregnancy in humans) and found that, in male fetuses, ...

A new study has examined how mothers influence the size of their child's head—and, as a result, brain size and future ...

*A new study published in Developmental Science suggests prenatal brain growth may influence early childhood language development, PsyPost reports. Researchers focused on whether prenatal brain ...

Summary: By measuring raw hormone concentrations directly from maternal blood samples during the first trimester of pregnancy ...

A new study published in the journal JAMA Neurology raises a troubling and important question: Can exposure to a common pesticide during pregnancy leave a long–term mark on children's brains? The ...