Maternal Diet & Fetal Brain Development
Maternal Diet & Fetal Brain Development
Articles on how maternal nutrition, diets, and metabolic factors epigenetically and structurally influence fetal neurodevelopment and long-term brain health.
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Beyond Fetal Brain Development Nutrients: How a Single Day of Maternal Inflammation Selectively Wrecks Male Embryos
A Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory study in mice shows maternal immune activation at embryonic day 12.5 damages placental spongiotrophoblasts and derails development in males only—before sex hormones even enter the picture. Here's what that means for our understanding of what can affect fetal brain development.