Sentences with phrase «affected early development»

This has profound implications for our understanding of life's origins, for our understanding of why so many embryos spontaneously abort in the first few days after fertilization, and for our understanding of why some IVF procedures may subtly affect early development, with potential long - term health consequences.

«Pre-pregnancy body weight affects early development of human embryos.»

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While all countries in the region were affected by these developments, the impact was strongest in countries, including Australia, which had been largely on the periphery of the earlier troubles.

By reaching children at an early age and providing positive activities and encouragement, we offer successful youth development programs that addresses youth crime, gang membership, drugs, and other negative influences that affect our children daily.

These motivational dynamics can play an even greater role in the school experience of low - income students, especially those whose development has been affected by early exposure to toxic stress.

Early adversity, scientists have come to understand, not only affects the conditions of children's lives, it can also alter the physical development of their brains.

Early trauma has been shown to affect the development of the fetal and infant brain, nervous system, neuro - chemistry, organs, physiology, psychology, and consciousness.

It is well - known to be good for our musculoskeletal systems, but our research shows that if levels are low in expectant mothers, it can affect the development of their children in their early years of life,» Dr. Andrea Darling, lead author of the report wrote.

Neuroscientists are discovering that early childhood stress can affect brain development.

High levels of stress, especially in early childhood, affect the development of the prefrontal cortex.

ADHD affects not only early childhood development but adolescent development too.

«These motivational dynamics can play an even greater role in the school experience of low - income students, especially those whose development has been affected by early exposure to toxic stress,» he writes.

Early adversity, scientists have come to understand, can not only affect the conditions of children's lives, it can alter the physical development of their brains as well.

We're slowing getting to the point of recognizing the vital importance of parents in the early childhood years, that social - emotional development affects cognitive gain, too, that spanking and physical punishments are archaic and unneeded.

In a previous post, «How Baby Holding Devices Affect Your Child's Development,» we explored how infant positioners that support your baby in a semi-reclined position - bouncy seats, baby swings, napping wedges, infant car seat carriers - inhibit early movement and increase pressure across the backs of babies» heads.

So the animal studies give us only a hint at how early experience can affect development — the way human babies are treated by caregivers has even more effects on them than for any other animal because they are born so immature.

Research indicates that breastfeeding also affects motor development: children who are breastfed show an earlier ability to crawl and perform the «pincer grip,» after adjusting for potential confounding variables.

«Past studies have looked at the effects of differential parenting on the children who get more negative feedback, but our study focused on this as a dynamic operating at two levels of the family system: one that affects all children in the family as well as being specific to the child at the receiving end of the negativity,» explains Jennifer M. Jenkins, Atkinson Chair of Early Child Development and Education at the University of Toronto, who led the team.

Caregivers need to be aware of how early feeding experiences, appetite regulation and dietary patterns affect the development of healthy eating habits and adult health, and the fact that these patterns can be passed down to the next generation.

The authors concluded that sleep position significantly affects early motor development, but that the differences in milestone achievement were not characterized by delays.

«It may be during that early development that all fish are affected in a similar way.

Scientists at the University of Soutahmpton's Faculty of Medicine have discovered that maternal diet affects the nutrient composition of fluid in the womb of women and thus may aid in the development of nutritional interventions to support the very earliest stages of pregnancy.

«We found that ZNF804A affects brain structure and function during early fetal development,» said Mao.

The relationship between them supports the notion that these disorders share common risk factors and etiology, beginning very early in pregnancy and involving a long cascade of events affecting the development of fetal heart structures throughout gestation,» the authors write.

The researchers studied bones from rats in the three groups at different ages to determine how early in the development of obesity and diabetes the bone was affected negatively.

Co-author Gail Heyman, of UC San Diego's Department of Psychology, who specializes in development, added: «Demonstrating that the language you speak affects how you perceive music - at such an early age and before formal training — supports the theory of cross-domain learning.»

«As subscribers to the «life course» theory, we know experiences in early life affect you later — even if they're latent for a while — and that these stresses can be compounded,» said Josephine Kwon, M.S., of the department of human development and family science at the University of Georgia in Athens.

The Berkeley research is too early in its development to determine when bismuth ferrite - based materials might be incorporated into consumer electronics or how it might affect cost.

Gut bacteria, in particular, guide the early development of our intestines, train our immune systems to fight pathogens and may even affect our moods and behavior.

It is well - known to be good for our musculoskeletal systems, but our research shows that if levels are low in expectant mothers, it can affect the development of their children in their early years of life.

«It is unclear to what extent excessive televiewing in early childhood — a particularly critical time in the development of areas of the brain involved in self - regulation of emotional intelligence — can adversely affect social interactions,» said Pagani.

Pozzo - Miller says, «There has been a growing realization that neurodevelopmental disorders need not be considered as closed cases simply because the mutations affect early brain development.

Professor Sinclair said: «It is well established that prior to conception and in the early stages of pregnancy during natural or assisted reproduction subtle chemical changes can affect the human genome leading to development and late - onset chronic diseases.

Scientists have solved a decade - old mystery that could eventually lead to the development of earlier treatments for one of the world's deadliest diseases, which affects up to 2 billion people.

The researchers speculate that some cases of schizophrenia afflicting only one of a pair of identical twins could be due to mutations causing the expansion of trinucleotide repeats in the affected twin during the early embryonic development.

One theory of autistic savantism suggests that during fetal development or early in life, some developmental abnormality affects the brain's left side, resulting in the difficulties that many autistic people have with words and social interaction, functions typically processed by the left hemisphere.

In a new study scheduled for publication in The Journal of Pediatrics, researchers assessed how healthcare providers respond to parents» concerns about their child's early development, as well as how that response affected the timeliness of ASD diagnosis.

Host - derived angiopoietin - 2 affects early stages of tumor development and vessel maturation but is dispensable for later stages of tumor growth.

However, little is known of the effects of oxytocin early in life and how early exposure may affect later social development.

We found widespread expression of Chd7 in early development of the mouse in organs affected in CHARGE syndrome including eye, olfactory epithelium, inner ear and vascular system.

Among Dr. Grinberg's contributions to the dementia field are the identification of brainstem nuclei as the earliest structures affected in AD and the translation of these findings to diagnosis and treatment development; use of high - resolution histology and sophisticated computing tools for validating multimodal neuroimaging findings; and participation in several international neuropathological consortia for establishing neuropathological criteria for neurodegenerative diseases and vascular dementia.

In addition, genetic and epigenetic differences between males and females have been reported at the preimplantation stage [19, 20, 36], indicating that at this early stage of development male and female blastocysts can respond differently to IVC, affecting later development, and can differentially restore epigenetic marks between generations.

Some evidence also suggests that arsenic exposure early in life can affect a child's immune system and intellectual development, according to the FDA and background notes from the study authors.

Although there's no definitive proof that phthalates cause problems in humans, «the greatest concern is how early - life exposure will affect male [reproductive] development,» Dr. Carpenter says.

Animal studies have shown that flaxseeds and flaxseed lignans may cause lower birth weight and affect the development of the offspring's reproductive system, especially if consumed during early pregnancy (86, 87).

He has said, «We now understand, in a way we never did before, how early experience literally gets into the body and affects the development of the brain, the cardiovascular system, the immune system, and metabolic systems.»

So we decided to take a hard look at early education issues and how they affect the growth and development of our future workforce.

The volume also does not draw links to, or follow implications for, contemporary policy debates; nor does the author explain how early compromises and decisions affected subsequent developments.

These children subsequently lack in early skill development, which can negatively affect their school performance and future job prospects.

NCPI is committed to building a unified science of child development to explain the early roots of lifelong health, learning, and behavior in Brazil; translating and communicating science effectively to inform the public discourse around issues that affect children and families; and preparing leaders to leverage the science of healthy development in the design and implementation of innovative policies and programs that reduce preventable disparities and promote well - being for all Brazilian children.