The placenta and the hormones it produces may have played a crucial role in the evolution of the human brain, while also leading to the behavioral traits that have made human societies able to thrive ...

In DBSI, “dictionaries” are used to disentangle diffusion characteristics of water molecules in and around multiple cellular components within an imaging voxel (Fig. 1). For this study, we were most ...

A gene that turns on very early in embryonic development could be key to the formation of the placenta, which provides the developing fetus with what it needs to thrive during gestation. The placenta ...

In a Genomic Press Interview published today in Brain Medicine, Dr. Alex Tsompanidis highlights an exciting new idea that positions the placenta at the center of human neurodevelopment and evolution, ...

By computationally replicating realistic placenta blood flow, Noelia Grande Gutiérrez of Carnegie Mellon University's Department of Mechanical Engineering is addressing this lack of data. A ...

Placental aneuploidy has been considered a detrimental factor associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes and placental dysfunction 1. Chromosomal aberrations confined to the placenta are found in ...

The discovery of a gene essential to early embryonic development sheds light on the preliminary stages of human placenta formation. A team led by scientists from the University of California San Diego ...