New research challenges the idea that substance use explains structural brain changes in youth, a theory that underlies ...

Maternal smoking impacts child brain development, reducing cortical and subcortical volumes. Prevention remains vital.

MS-PRS was negatively associated with subcortical gray matter volume (β = −0.03 ... MS-PRS and household parental smoking with total brain volume (β = −0.21) and thalamic volume (β ...

Experts led by Indiana University tracked nearly 10,000 adolescents for two years, of which 3,460, or 34 percent, ...

There is a huge uptick in activity in the subcortical network ... Throughout pregnancy, about 80% of the brain's gray matter loses volume. Some of this lost volume reappears postpartum, but ...

Genetic and environmental risk factors for multiple sclerosis (MS) are associated with brain volume in childhood.

Methods MRI of the brain and clinical neurological assessment was performed ... Regional tissue volumes for the subcortical deep grey matter (SDGM) structures were also obtained. Disability ...

Phase shift measurements in deep grey nuclei, cortex and subcortical white matter were compared between mutation carriers and controls. For confirmation, ex vivo brain specimens from another three ...