Sentences with phrase «stunted brain growth»

When previous studies reported structural brain differences in children with ADHD, some contended that drugs such as Ritalin given to treat the disorder stunted brain growth.

After infecting these organoids with the Zika virus, the researchers observed a collapse of cortexlike tissue that may partly explain the stunted brain growth (SN: 4/2/16, p. 26).

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It may stunt the physical and mental growth of your baby and can cause considerable damage to the developing lungs, brain, liver, nervous system, kidneys and red blood cells in your baby.

Years ago, children were warned that smoking could stunt their growth, but now a major study by an international team including the Montreal Neurological Institute at McGill University and the University of Edinburgh shows new evidence that long - term smoking could cause thinning of the brain's cortex.

For example, kwashiorkor is a deficiency disease which impedes the normal development of vital brain cells and stunts growth.

[2] In fetuses, infants, and children, a lack of T4 and T3 stunts physical growth and cripples brain development.

In infants and young children, that can result in stunted growth and even brain damage, Gregg pointed out.

Your failed junior high FIZZICS and brain - hosed cranial sludge are is stunting your mental growth and stopping any possibility of anything but a pre-pubescent understanding of basically ANYTHING., you poor NIL - educated little trollette.

Though now illegal, lead paint was widely used in Baltimore City communities prior to 1978, and has been the cause of brain damage, stunted growth, and other serious medical issues.

Conversely, trauma — abuse, neglect, exposure to violence, lack of attachment, and other adverse childhood experiences — affect the structure and chemistry of the brain and can stunt its natural growth and maturation.

The trauma he experienced at a very young age actually changed his brain and stunted his emotional growth.