It's dangerous to assume that findings in adults can be mapped onto children, she says, because of the changes that occur during brain development. (sciencemag.org)
The scientists also found that children with congenital heart disease carry large numbers of mutations in genes that are active during brain development. (hhmi.org)
These included sites involved in regulating gene activity during brain development and initiating the transcription of genes. (sciencemag.org)