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This secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial compares neurodevelopmental outcomes after the use of umbilical cord milking or early cord clamping in near-term or term nonvigorous infants at age 2 years.
This cross-sectional study examines the association of prenatal maternal mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic, in the absence of direct viral exposure or infection, with neonatal brain development in a cohort of mother-infant dyads.
This survey study of clinical and research experts and service users describes a core set of outcome measures for specific neurodevelopmental disorders.
This cross-sectional study investigates the association of area deprivation index measures with bilateral hippocampal volume in children and assesses whether these associations vary by school and family environment.
This cohort study evaluates the utility of genetic testing for global developmental delay in young children in China and assesses potential targets for early intervention.
This cohort study investigates whether antenatal magnesium sulfate (MgSO4) administration prior to early preterm birth is associated with changes in functional connectivity in the neonatal brain in a cohort of neonates who participated in a multicenter randomized clinical trial.
This cohort study examines maternal, placental, and fetal metabolites in association with each other and with risk of autism spectrum disorder or nontypical development among younger siblings of children with autism spectrum disorder.
This randomized clinical trial investigates the magnitude of the effect of maternal progesterone therapy on neurodevelopment for fetuses with congenital heart defects (CHDs).
This cohort study assesses the association between vestibular function loss and ages at which head holding, sitting, standing with support, and independent walking were reached among children who were candidates for a cochlear implant.
This cohort study examines patterns of melatonin use among participants in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study and characterizes factors associated with use.
This cohort study analyzes associations of specific gravity–adjusted maternal urinary fluoride with child neurobehavioral development at 36 months among a cohort of individuals in Los Angeles, California.
This cohort study assesses whether neonatal physical, neurobehavioral, and infant cognitive measures mediate the association between prenatal cocaine exposure and adult perceptual reasoning.
This secondary analysis of the LongSTEP randomized clinical trial compares cognitive, language, and motor scores at the 24-month follow-up among preterm infants receiving a music therapy intervention that included parent-led, infant-directed singing vs those receiving standard care.
In this narrative medicine essay, a second-year pediatric resident bears the scars from the terror that descended the moment of her son’s birth at 31 weeks’ gestation, terror relived even after he has come home healthy.
This cohort study examines cord blood proteins in association with birth weight and early growth trajectories among infants in Belgium.
This cohort study investigates whether there are differences in pubertal timing among Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander individuals after disaggregating by ethnic subgroups.
This cohort study explores variability in neurodevelopment across sociodemographic factors among youths.
This cohort study using an interrupted time series analysis evaluates whether the COVID-19 pandemic is associated with changes in developmental screening scores among US children aged 0 to 5 years.
This Viewpoint discusses whether protective and promotive interventions in brain development would benefit from identification of a “biological poverty line” during pregnancy and early childhood, above which the brain is informed and enhanced by experience in positive ways, and below which adverse experiences may influence the brain in ways that do not support long-term health trajectories.
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