Researchers identify specific psychosocial factors that strongly correlate with altered brain development within the first ...

Traumatic experiences during infancy and childhood can leave a lasting imprint on an individual’s health. New research ...

Babies in financially stressed households show slower brain development, highlighting the importance of income stability ...

Nearly one in five of the 2.5 million veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan sustained at least one traumatic brain ...

Researchers identified SGK1 as a key chemical connecting childhood trauma to depression and suicidal behavior. High SGK1 levels were found in the brains of suicide victims and in people with genetic ...

When a baby enters the world, their brain contains billions of neurons awaiting connection. The first 1,000 days of life, from conception to age two, represent a critical period where over 85% of ...

Early brain development is a biological black box. While scientists have devised multiple ways to record electrical signals in adult brains, these techniques don’t work for embryos. A team at Harvard ...

Research at Karlstad University shows that exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals and adverse life events during ...