Teaching toddlers adaptive skills like social interaction and self-care can protect their brains from the effects of prenatal stress.

A cellular-resolution map of prenatal brain development in Down syndrome reveals disrupted neuron production timing and altered cell types.

Scientists at UCLA have created one of the first cellular-resolution molecular maps detailing how Down syndrome alters human brain development before birth—a resource that resolves longstanding ...

Researchers from the City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate Center and Queens College suggest that building strong ...

Protein is one of the most important macronutrients during pregnancy. It plays a critical role in building and repairing ...

New clues from genetic research may help explain what causes the most common heart defect present at birth. Researchers at ...

Scientists mapped human brain development in Down syndrome at a cellular level, discovering that stem cells "rush" to become ...

Louisiana lawmakers on Monday will debate a proposal that could change how public school students learn about human ...

Every 25 minutes in the United States, a baby is diagnosed with neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS), a condition that occurs ...

High prenatal exposure to PFAS linked to increased childhood asthma risk, highlighting concerns over 'forever chemicals' and ...

Psychological stress during pregnancy is known to affect birth outcomes, but isolating its effects has been difficult. Researchers found that babies born in Japan immediately after the Fukushima ...