How does mild hypoxia affect preterm babies? New research identifies a molecular mechanism that disrupts hippocampal ...

Mild, intermittent oxygen deprivation in preterm infants disrupts brain connectivity, alters neuron development, and may ...

Music may have a healing effect on babies who are in the NICU ...

Researchers at Stanford University played voice recordings of preemies’ mothers reading stories to them to find out whether it affected how their brains developed. The team observed changes in the ...

Antenatal corticosteroids (ACS) are an established therapy for pregnant women at risk of preterm birth to help mature the fetus's lungs and reduce the chances of serious health issues. However, ...

During intensive care after preterm births, babies can experience low oxygen in their tissue and cells-or hypoxia.

OHSU findings call for investment in early intervention, treatment to support memory, learning A team of researchers evaluated the ...

A baby's earliest experiences of touch shape their future brain. Researchers at Nationwide Children's Hospital measured the brain response to touch of 125 premature and full-term babies right before ...

A study in JAMA Network Open, led by experts at Cincinnati Children's, used MRI brain scans and cognitive testing to confirm a link between maternal high blood pressure and brain anomalies among ...

Preterm infants born before 32 weeks who received more skin-to-skin contact while in the hospital showed stronger brain development in areas tied to emotion and stress regulation than babies who ...