Out-of-balance thyroid hormones during pregnancy can elevate the risk of autism in children, especially if there's pre-pregnancy dysfunction. Proper management can mitigate this risk, emphasizing the ...

How animals may modify their behavior depending on their context has been modeled mathematically by two RIKEN neuroscientists. Their simple but biologically plausible model could shed light on mental ...

TAKING folic acid and multivitamin supplements during pregnancy may significantly lower the risk of autism spectrum disorder ...

Persistent thyroid hormone imbalance during pregnancy may significantly raise the likelihood of having a child with autism, according to large-scale research involving over 51,000 births.

Out-of-whack thyroid hormones during pregnancy in mothers with pre-pregnancy thyroid dysfunction may increase the child's ...

Groundbreaking brain atlases reveal dynamic neuron and glia development across species, transforming static maps into a ...

Researchers have discovered a specific set of neurons in the amygdala that can trigger anxiety and social deficits when overactive. By restoring the excitability balance in this brain region, they ...

A human brain with the hippocampus highlighted. RIKEN researchers have developed a model that may explain how context-dependent behavior ...

Researchers from Curtin University in Australia and multiple universities in Ethiopia report that prenatal folic acid and ...

Researchers investigating the role of cholesterol metabolism disorders in the etiopathogenesis of autism spectrum disorder ...