Until recently, the prevailing belief was that brain development ceased at around the time a child entered kindergarten (i.e., that the brain is 90-95% formed by age six). However, recent findings ...

New research in Zambia finds that children infected with HIV are significantly more likely to do worse in neurological assessments despite having well-controlled HIV disease, suggesting that they may ...

The chemical bisphenol F (found in plastics) can induce changes in a gene that is vital for neurological development. This discovery was made by researchers at the universities of Uppsala and Karlstad ...

Children of mothers who took certain anti-seizure medications while pregnant do not have worse neurodevelopmental outcomes at age 6, according to a long-running study. Children of mothers who took ...

Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) represent a large family of RNA transcripts that are longer than 200 nucleotides and don’t code for proteins. They have recently emerged as key regulators of gene ...

Vaccines protect against many infectious diseases, including some that can directly or indirectly cause nervous system damage. Serious neurological consequences of immunization are typically extremely ...

Electrical signals from the brain could help identify potential issues in the organ's development, a new study reports. Researchers hope that their study will enable better tracking of infants' ...

A study conducted in Salvador, the capital of Bahia state in Brazil, shows that children with microcephaly caused by zika virus display very different neurological development profiles at 2-3 years of ...

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As the UK considers restricting social media access for children under 16, neurologists explain how excessive screen use ...