Osteocalcin influences fetal brain development and adult brain function

Epigenetic influences on brain development and plasticity.

A fine interplay exists between sensory experience and innate genetic programs leading to the sculpting of neuronal circuits during early brain development. Recent evidence suggests that the dynamic regulation of gene expression through epigenetic mechanisms is at the interface between environmental stimuli and long lasting molecular, cellular and complex behavioral phenotypes acquired during p...

Transplacental thyroxine and fetal brain development.

Smoking during Pregnancy and Fetal Brain Development

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The impact of COVID-19 during pregnancy on fetal brain development

The development of the brain as the most complex structure of the human body is a long process that begins in the third week of pregnancy and continues until adulthood and even until the end of life (1). Human brain myelination begins one to two months before birth in the visual system and eventually lasts until the age of two in other sensory systems and then the motor systems (4). Processes a...

Visualizing culture-gene influences on brain function

Introduction The nature and scope of cultural diversity in human behavior is breathtakingly unparalleled throughout the animal kingdom. With the exception of a few primitive cultural traits shared with nonhuman primate societies (Tomasello et al., 2005; Whiten et al., 2007), humans demonstrate a rare level of cultural competence, which has subsequently led to the expansion of and control over t...