Sentences with phrase «developed brain defects»

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Which, again, helps to protect against neural tube defects and also plays an important role in developing the brain's memory center.

The virus and resulting fever have been connected to several birth defects, including microcephaly, where babies develop smaller - than - normal heads and possible brain damage.

Choline helps your baby's brain and spinal cord develop properly, and helps prevent neural tube defects.

Folic acid has long been touted as an important supplement for women of childbearing age for its ability to prevent defects in the baby's developing brain and spinal cord.

Unless sufficient cohesin was present in the developing mouse brain, the researchers showed that the regulation of a number of genes was disrupted, leading to neuronal defects and increased anxiety.

An association between Zika infections during pregnancy and the birth of babies with microcephaly (a birth defect in which an infant's brain does not develop properly resulting in a smaller than normal head) was first suggested by Brazilian physicians in August 2015, and in November microcephaly cases potentially associated with Zika started to be recorded; three months later WHO made its announcement.

But the Brazilian government is now warning that the virus may be responsible for a dramatic increase in cases of microcephaly, a severe birth defect in which the brain fails to develop properly and the head is much smaller than normal.

The physical characteristic most associated with Zika infection is microcephaly, a birth defect in which the baby's brain does not develop properly resulting in a smaller than normal head.

Folic acid — or folate — can prevent brain and spinal cord defects in developing fetuses.

We found that centrosome amplification triggers mitotic defects and the generation of a progeny with an abnormal karyotype (aneuploidy) unable to survive in the context of a developing brain.

Nonhuman primates (NHPs)-- like humans, but unlike mice — have a well - developed prefrontal cortex, a brain region responsible for higher mental functions that shows significant defects in many human neurocognitive conditions.

At issue are neural tube defects, which include anencephaly, a fatal condition where a baby's brain does not develop, and a paralyzing spinal cord deformity known as spina bifida.

During the time she is growing inside the mom, her brain is developing, the immune system is developing, and she is more prone to birth defects during this time, so it is essential that the right foods reach her each and every day.

A conclusion can also be made that those who have fluoride in their drinking water are at risk for developing hypothyroidism and increased brain fog, and their offspring are more likely to have developmental defects.

The disease has been linked to an increase in miscarriages, deaths in newborns, and birth defects, especially a condition known as microcephaly, in which the brain does not fully develop and babies are born with abnormally small heads.