fetal brain

Rodent and human studies have revealed a multitude of effects starting during gestation and lasting into adulthood.

Signaling pathways triggered by the mother’s immune system may cause complications during fetal development.

Three studies show that the virus can cause birth defects in mouse embryos.

Development of female sexual behaviors requires DNA methylation in the preoptic area of the rodent brain. 

Researchers complete an atlas depicting gene expression across the developing human brain.

The breast cancer-associated gene may play a protective role in neural stem cells, a mouse study finds.

The epigenetic modification of brain cells undergoes great shifts over the course of mouse and human development.

A bevy of genes known to be active during human fetal and infant development first appeared at the same time that the prefrontal cortex—the area of the brain associated with human intelligence and personality—took shape in primates.