Category Archives: Neurotoxicity

Preemies’ Brains Get Boost From Breast Milk

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MRI scans found infants who drank more of it had more brain tissue, study found

Source: Preemies’ Brains Get Boost From Breast Milk

“The brains of babies born before their due dates usually are not fully developed,” explained senior investigator Dr. Cynthia Rogers, an assistant professor of child psychiatry at Washington University in St. Louis.

“But breast milk has been shown to be helpful in other areas of development, so we looked to see what effect it might have on the brain,” Rogers said in a university news release.

“With MRI scans, we found that babies fed more breast milk had larger brain volumes. This is important because several other studies have shown a correlation between brain volume and cognitive development,” she said.

Children Who Experience Early Childhood Trauma Do Not ‘Just Get Over It’

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Children Who Experience Early Childhood Trauma Do Not ‘Just Get Over It’.

“If a baby is repeatedly scared and emotionally overwhelmed and they do not get their survival brain soothed, so they can cope, they begin to develop a brain and bodily system which is on hyper alert and the World seems to be a scary place. Sadly, this not something they can ‘just grow out of’. Far from it as what neuroscience is showing us from all the recent findings. An early experience has a profound effect on the way in which a child’s brain forms and operates as the survival brain is on over drive and senses threat everywhere so works too hard, too often, for too long.”

JAMA Network | JAMA | Neurotoxicity of Generic Anesthesia Agents in Infants and Children:  An Orphan Research Question in Search of a Sponsor

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JAMA Network | JAMA | Neurotoxicity of Generic Anesthesia Agents in Infants and Children:  An Orphan Research Question in Search of a Sponsor.

Millions of neonates and toddlers undergo anesthesia or sedation for surgeries and procedures each year. At the same time, mounting evidence from controlled studies in young animals suggests that anesthetic agents, administered during vulnerable periods, have neurotoxic effects that result in long-lasting deficits in learning and cognitive behavior.