Sentences with phrase «affects neural development»

The research, published May 23 in the Journal of Neuroscience, sheds light on how an excess, or absence, of genetic material on a particular chromosome affects neural development.

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Researchers in Guoping Feng's lab at MIT hypothesized that a mutation in Shank3 differentially affects synaptic development in two neural pathways that contribute to motor control.
A bad microbiome is unlikely to «cause» ASD like behaviour unless the brain is also affected in development to be susceptible to the changes in peripheral neural information arriving from the gut and other places.
Numerous spontaneous and induced mutations that affect cerebellar neurogenesis are providing precious information on the molecular mechanisms that regulate mammalian neural development at large.
In the Lu laboratory, we aim to elucidate the signaling cascades that establish neural circuit connections during brain development, to understand how sensory experiences and environmental factors affect neural circuit wiring and cognitive behaviors, and to identify novel factors required to maintain the health of neural circuits during aging.
Her research focuses on the signaling cascades underlying neural circuit connections during brain development, to understand how sensory experiences affect neural circuit wiring, and to identify novel factors required to maintain the health of neural circuits during aging.
The Lu lab is interested in how activity - dependent processes during brain development fine - tune the establishment of neural circuits and how neural activity affect neural circuit wiring and cognitive behaviors.
PBDEs have been linked to lower IQ and are proven to negatively affect neural and physical development in children and developing infants.
Early Childhood Expert Says Science Shows Impact of Early Experiences on Brain Development Journal Star, January 15, 2013 «Children are born with a certain number of brain cells, but the neural circuitry develops dramatically in the first years of life — and experiences affect how those connections are made, said [Professor] Jack Shonkoff, director of Harvard's Center on the Developing Child.»
If early emotional trauma has affected a child's neural development, what steps can educators take to provide a learning environment that will enhance that development?
Early childhood care Science now tells us that optimal neural development in a child, which affects physical, mental and cognitive development, depends on the good nutrition and loving stimulation the child receives during the first months and years of life.
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