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An observational study of preterm infants exposed to pain early in life found sex-specific differences in the development of brain connectivity.

Date Time Tiniest of Moments Proves Key for Baby’s Healthy Brain University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have shed new light on how our brains develop, revealing that the very last step in cell division is crucial for the brain to reach its proper size and function. The new findings identify a potential contributor to microcephaly, a birth defect in which the head is underdeveloped and abnormally small. That’s because the head grows as the brain grows. The federal Centers for ...