Sentences with phrase «alter brain growth»

In the worst case scenario, toxic stress can alter brain growth and shorten the lifespan.

Children whose mothers smoked when pregnant have altered brain growth, which may put them at greater risk of anxiety and depression.

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There is concern that THC may also alter brain cells during the time when a baby is experiencing significant brain growth.

Besides the redundant scalp and abnormal cranial shapes resulting from the arrest in brain growth, other physical features consistent with ZIKV infection reflect immobility of the joints, resulting from altered brain function in utero.

The new study found that prebiotic treatment alters the levels of brain - derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), which is important for neuronal growth and survival; N - methyl - D - aspartate (NMDA) receptor subunits; and amino acids associated with signaling by the neurotransmitter glutamate, an excitatory neurotransmitter4, 12,13.

A gestational ketogenic diet alters maternal metabolic status as well as offspring physiological growth and brain structure in the neonatal mouse.

In order to test this idea, we examined whether growth trajectories for these brain regions were altered as toddlers were increasingly exposed to impoverished environments.