A mother's "TLC" can help soothe pain in infants and also impact early brain development by altering gene activity in a part of the brain involved in emotions, finds a new study from NYU Langone Medical Center. By carefully analyzing what genes were active in infant rat brains when the mother was present or not present, the NYU researchers found that several hundred genes were more, or less, active in rat infants experiencing pain than in those that were not. With ...Thursday 20 November 2014
Pain Disappears When Mom Appears - Gene Activity in Infant Brain Changes
A mother's "TLC" can help soothe pain in infants and also impact early brain development by altering gene activity in a part of the brain involved in emotions, finds a new study from NYU Langone Medical Center. By carefully analyzing what genes were active in infant rat brains when the mother was present or not present, the NYU researchers found that several hundred genes were more, or less, active in rat infants experiencing pain than in those that were not. With ...
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