The link between autism and preeclampsia
New research indicates that children on the autism spectrum are more than twice as likely to be born to mothers who had preeclampsia during pregnancy....
read moreNeural stem cell overgrowth linked to autism-like behavior
Researchers at UCLA found that when pregnant mice have inflammation, it can trigger an excessive division of neural stem cells that causes “overgrowth” in the baby’s brain....
read moreMother’s excessive perchlorate level affects baby’s IQ
Too much of a common chemical, perchlorate, harms a fetus’s brain....
read moreToo much folic acid during pregnancy alters baby’s brain
Higher-than-recommended doses of folic acid during pregnancy (and throughout life) can change the baby’s brain development and behavior....
read moreAdministering the hormone EPO may reduce preterm’s brain damage...
High-dose erythropoietin has been found to help protect the central nervous system from injury and degeneration....
read morePrenatal depression, not medication, may be to blame for autism risk...
Although previous studies have implicated anti-depressants in increasing autism risks during pregnant, there’s new evidence that it may actually be the prenatal depression itself increasing the risk....
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