Individuals with a genetically and/or epigenetically determined weaker synaptic feedback mechanism display differences in growth rate, brain development, maturation, metabolism, personality, cognition, memory, risk for neurodevelopmental disturbances and for schizophrenia.
Researchers using magnetic resonance imaging have added to the evidence that breast-feeding leads to increased rates of brain development in infants.
The findings, published today in Current Biology, suggest to Wobber that different rates of brain development might account for differences in social cognition in the two apes.
Human males and females display subtle dimorphism in their rates of brain development and brain anatomy [reviewed in (Lenroot & Giedd, 2010; Joel, 2011)].
We have studied and restudied traffic fatalities, rates of binge drinking and brain development.
This is consistent with sex differences in brain development and rates of maturation that have previously been observed by magnetic resonance imaging in slightly older children (6 17 years of age) [ 41] and represent a possible regulatory mechanism requiring additional investigation.
Finally, because of the age range of our sample, the subjects in the study are undergoing brain development at varying rates.
According to Gould, the on-and-off and rate of operation affects the extent of brain development and intelligence as well as the depth of skin color.
Thyroid hormones (THs), particularly triiodothyronine (T3), are potent regulators of multiple physiological activities, including cellular metabolic rate, heart and digestive functions, muscle function, brain development, and bone maintenance [ 1, 2].
Two other northeastern states neighbouring Pernambuco have also reported higher than usual rates of the condition that is caused by impaired brain development.
An alternative to the conclusion that chronic loss of Pmch directly influences motivational aspects of feeding is that Pmch deletion could result in a defect in hypothalamic brain development resulting in hypophagia and a changed metabolic rate.
