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Dozens of new laws, passed during the 2025 legislative session, are going into effect July 1.Stripping Gender Identity ...
Expansion of a liver bud into a haematopoietic organ, during fetal development, requires a diverse array of growth signals, including those from the septum transversum mesenchyme and from ...
Exposure to air pollution might affect brain morphological development as early as the fetal stage. Our findings could have important policy implications as they highlight the need to mitigate ...
High-definition ultrasonography for evaluation of embryonic and fetal development in bitch [Ultrassonografia de alta-definição para avaliação do desenvolvimento embrionário e fetal em cadelas] ...
In the adult, this equates to roughly 20% of the total brain volume, but during fetal development, it is double that amount, at roughly 40% (Jovanov Milošević et al., 2014). Given its abundance, it is ...
INTRODUCTION The development of fetal ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging significantly improved the accuracy of intrauterine diagnosis of open and closed defects of the neural tube. 1 The ...
Kansas schools are now required to show fetal development videos when human growth or sexuality is discussed. The law lacks specifics on implementation, leaving local districts with an unclear ...
Brain development in the womb is affected by the mother’s level of exposure to air pollution, researchers have found, although it’s not clear whether the brain structure differences observed ...
A study finds that prenatal exposure to air pollution alters fetal brain structures, with stronger effects in the second and third trimesters. Learn more.
More information: Ya'el Courtney et al, Choroid plexus apocrine secretion shapes CSF proteome during mouse brain development, Nature Neuroscience (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41593-025-01972-9.