A growing body of preclinical research points to the TIE2 receptor and its angiopoietin ligands as a promising drug target for brain blood vessel defects, including arteriovenous malformations, venous ...

Jessie highlights that 90 percent of pregnant mothers lack adequate choline, crucial for fetal brain development, risking ...

"Now we know there are internal problems with blood vessels in the brain," said study leader Leslie Thompson, UCI professor of psychiatry & human behavior and neurobiology & behavior. "This discovery ...

A direct causal link between Zika virus infection in pregnant women and the brain damaging birth defect has been registered by a study. But while preliminary findings from the first 32 cases involved ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Confirming the worst fears of many pregnant women in the United States and Latin America, U.S. health officials said Wednesday there is no longer any doubt the Zika virus causes babies ...

Nicotine induced defects in the frog embryo brain (center) can be rescued by transplanting an HCN2 expressing patch on the embryo far from the brain. Treated embryos are observed to have normal brain ...

CHAPEL HILL – For decades, scientists have thought the faulty neural wiring that predisposes individuals to behavioral disorders like autism and psychiatric diseases like schizophrenia must occur ...

A recent study mapped the maternal brain from preconception through the crucial two years postpartum, illuminating how the brain reshapes itself during this pivotal life stage. “Mom brain,” that foggy ...