Sentences with phrase «abnormal development during»

The researchers said that caffeine appeared to improve long - term breathing by reducing lung injury and abnormal development during the newborn period, «rather than the caffeine molecule having any direct effect on the lung itself.»

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She found that milestone achievement was abnormal in these monkeys: at six to eight weeks they were slow in starting to manipulate, and at ten months the increase in «motor disturbance behaviors» that normally occurs was prolonged.101 The author concludes, «These effects could occur as a result of effects on vulnerable brain processes during a sensitive period, interference with programming of [normal] brain development by endogenous [internal] agents or alteration in early experiences.»

When vom Saal exposed male mice to a tiny amount of BPA during their fetal development, they grew abnormal prostates and damaged testes and had lower sperm production.

They found that two specific genes, DLX1 and DLX2, regulate GABA synthesis during brain development, and that mutations to the genes resulted in abnormal brain maturation.

Exposure to them during early development is associated with increased risk of cancers and abnormal formation of the reproductive tract.

Molofsky is a psychiatrist who studies how astrocytes organize nerve circuits, and how disruptions of these nerve circuits during development or disease may involve abnormal astrocyte function.

They confirmed that these frogs exhibited abnormal electrical patterning during early development.

She is a pioneer in tissue engineering / microfabrication and smooth muscle development and seeks to understand the biomechanical and dynamic molecular mechanisms that influence tissue remodeling during development, wound repair and abnormal cell growth.

MZdicer mutants undergo axis formation and differentiate multiple cell types but display abnormal morphogenesis during gastrulation, brain formation, somitogenesis, and heart development.

For example, a study conducted in his own lab found that forebrain assembloids generated from patients with Timothy syndrome — a genetic disease associated with autism and epilepsy, showed abnormal migration of GABAergic neurons during the development of the cerebral cortex.

Genetics may play a role, but stress during the development of the puppy's brain appears to be the most likely explanation for the abnormal behaviors in adulthood.

On rare occasions ectopic thyroid tissue (abnormal migration of thyroid tissue during embryonic development) can give rise to lesions in the tongue, ventral neck, cranial mediastinum and heart base.

These theories include failure of transition of cartilage to bone during development, and excessive wear and tear on the coronoid process due to joint incongruity which places abnormal stresses on the developing bone.

Abnormal development of the hip causes excessive wear of the joint cartilage during weight bearing, eventually leading to the development of arthritis, often called degenerative joint disease (DJD) or osteoarthritis (OA).

Conversely, underfeeding during pregnancy can result in embryo loss, abnormal fetal development, spontaneous abortion or stillbirth, small litter size, and low birth - weight puppies that fail to thrive.

A cleft palate is an abnormal opening in the roof of the mouth and it occurs because the two sides of the roof of the mouth (the palate) did not come together and fuse during the embryonic development while your cat was in utero.

Elbow dysplasia is a broad term used to describe three different disease processes associated with the abnormal development of the elbow joint during growth.

Some cases of cerebral palsy are believed to be congenital (i.e., present at birth) due to abnormal development of the brain early in pregnancy, damage to the white matter of the brain in the latter stages of pregnancy, bleeding in the brain from fetal stroke, and / or loss of oxygen to the brain during labor and delivery.