Inflammation may be a strong contender for the connection between mom’s weight and children’s neurodevelopment, according to lab studies on animals.

Scientists are making use of Xenopus tadpoles to study autism risk genes. 

Scientists identified a schizophrenia-risk gene, ZNF804A, that influences the birth and movement of new neurons within the developing brain. 

Bacterial strains in mice’s gut microbiomes mediated their pups’ risk for developing abnormal behaviors.

Young neurons in the adult human brain are likely critical to its function.

Fixing impaired pruning and autophagy signaling in neurons eases the symptoms of autism in a mouse model of the disorder.

Researchers are piecing together the devilishly complex sets of genetic alterations underlying schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.