Immune stress during pregnancy changes how fetal brain cells communicate, mouse study reveals

Research led by the SickKids Research Institute in Toronto and the University of Pennsylvania, has found that immune-related ...
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Differential effects of early or late exposure to prenatal maternal immune activation on mouse embryonic neurodevelopment

Exposure to maternal immune activation (MIA) in utero is a risk factor for neurodevelopmental and psychiatric disorders. MIA-induced deficits in adolescent and adult offspring have been well ...
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Gut microbes are reshaping how scientists think about brain evolution

A new study from Northwestern University is reshaping how scientists think about brain evolution. The research suggests that ...
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Brain Implants Monitor Neural Activity in Tadpoles Throughout Embryonic Development

Bioengineering researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed a soft, thin, stretchable bioelectronic device that can be implanted into a ...
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Stem Cell-Based Embryo Models Add a Dimension to Developmental Biology

Descriptions of the embryo go back at least to the time of Aristotle, but it has only been since the late 19 th century and early 20 th century that advances in experimental approaches allowed ...
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Scientists program stem cells to mimic first days of embryonic development

The earliest days after fertilization, once a sperm cell meets an egg, are shrouded in scientific mystery. The process of how a humble single cell becomes an organism fascinates scientists across ...