A genetic breakthrough reveals why mental health conditions often occur together. New research identifies five disorder ...

Years ago, as a neurology resident, Chinfei Chen, MD, Ph.D., cared for a 20-year-old woman who had experienced a very small stroke, affecting only the thalamus. "It was so tiny that she wouldn't have ...

But for two exceptions, children born via operative vaginal delivery or second-stage cesarean delivery (SSCD) had comparable ...

Maternal diabetes was associated with increased risks for intellectual disability, ADHD, and autism among offspring. Maternal diabetes increases risk for offspring neurodevelopmental disorders, ...

Your surroundings may influence your social behavior more than you realize. New research from the Brain Research Institute at ...

Children with neurodevelopmental disorders report congenital abnormalities, such as defects of the heart and/or urinary tract, at least ten times more frequent compared to other children. This is one ...

Until a few decades ago, in Italy, the idea that psychiatric drugs were prescribed to children in the United States seemed almost science fiction. It seemed to belong to another world, far from our ...

CDKL5, one of the five members of the CDKL family of genes, is important for proper neurodevelopment and associated with seizures. However, the role the other four members of this family play in ...

A recent study shows that people judge crime victims with neurodevelopmental disorders (e.g., autism spectrum disorder, fetal ...

Impulsivity, hyperactivity, and difficulty concentrating are some of the symptoms associated with attention deficit ...

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder is one of the most researched neurodevelopmental conditions, yet 5 ADHD myths people still stubbornly believe continue to shape school policies, workplace ...

Overall, the results support comparable long-term neurodevelopmental safety between operative vaginal delivery and ...