Sentences with phrase «more normal brain development»

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For example, brain anatomy could be more closely monitored in those people where there is suspicion of an increased risk of developing a mental disorder (the children of parents with mental health problems, for example), so that the probability of developing a pathology that interferes with their normal development can be estimated.

Cortical thinning is a normal aspect of brain development during early childhood, so Lebel says the findings suggest that the brain may be developing prematurely in children whose mothers experience more depressive symptoms.

«A lot of work that initiated this project stemmed from what we learned about how these pathways work in normal brain development, and as we learn more about how it normally works we think it'll provide us with novel insight about how to target it in disease.»

A major target of such poor development is the gut and thus any abnormality in gut nerve development (the gut contains more neurones than the spinal cord) would have a significant effect not only on gut functions and probably gut microbiome, but also on information flowing back to the brain that may cause interference in normal brain functions, perhaps precipitating ASD - like behaviour in a developmentally challenged brain.

Implantable brain organoids could allow researchers to learn more about normal human brain development over time, Chen says.

Researchers are using stem cells to help them understand normal development of brain tissue and what goes wrong in MS. Stem cells are also enormously useful for testing new drugs and treatments and for learning more about the body's natural repair mechanisms.

Obese and illiterate Biddy has more emotional intelligence than Quincy, whose normal brain development was shattered when her mother's boyfriend hit her with a brick when she was six.