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Study reveals link between human breast milk micronutrient and brain devel
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Researchers at Tufts University's Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Centre on Ageing (HNRCA) suggested that micronutrients in human breast milk have considerable positive effects on newborns' growing brains.
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Study finds how micronutrient in human breast milk linked to newborns’ bra
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
A recent study by researchers at Tufts University's Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (HNRCA) suggests that a micronutrient in human breast milk benefits newborns' developing brains significantly. This finding sheds more light on the relationship between nutrition and
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Nap times related to child’s brain development: Study
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
According to recent research from the University of East Anglia, infants who frequently snooze have smaller vocabularies and worse cognitive skills.
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Low fibre consumption by mother may delay infant’s brain development
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Undernutrition during pregnancy is one of the risk factors for diseases in children as they grow older. Nonetheless, maternal malnutrition remains a global issue for women.
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Parents who talk to infants more boost their brain development: Research
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
A team led by a neurodevelopment researcher from the University of Texas at Dallas has uncovered some of the most compelling evidence to date showing parents who talk to their newborns more boost their brain development.
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Study shows link between caregiver speech and infant brain development
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
The researchers showed that caregiver speech is connected to newborn brain development in ways that enhance long-term language development using MRI and audio recordings.
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Study shows link between adolescent sleep and general health
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Fiona Baker, the director of SRI's Human Sleep Research Program, studies the complex links between sleep and overall health and well-being. Much of her work has been focused on sleep patterns in adult women, but recently her attention has turned to adolescents. Adolescence is a crucial time
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Study finds connection between adolescent sleep and overall health
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Fiona Baker, director of SRI's Human Sleep Research Program, conducts research on the intricate relationships between sleep and general health and well-being. Much of her work has been focused on sleep patterns in adult women, but recently her attention has turned to adolescents. Adolescenc
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Researchers reveal how psychedelic drugs reopen critical periods for socia
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Neuroscientists have long sought techniques to reactivate critical periods in the brain, when animals are more receptive to environmental cues that might alter brain development. According to a recent study in mice conducted by Johns Hopkins Medicine, psychedelic substances are related by th
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Talking to your baby will boost brain development: Researchers
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
A team led by a University of Texas at Dallas neurodevelopment researcher has discovered some of the most solid evidence yet that parents who communicate with their children boost their babies' brain development.
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Placenta plays an important role in genetic risk of schizophrenia: Study
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
A recent study headed by the Lieber Institute for Brain Development found that more than 100 genes linked to the risk of schizophrenia appear to induce disease owing to their activity in the placenta rather than the developing brain.
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Research: Identifies glycosylation enzyme critical in brain formation
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Scientists found that the MGAT5 glycosylation enzyme plays a significant role in brain development. This finding may lead to new therapeutic applications for neural stem cells.
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