Prenatal blueprints give an early glimpse at a baby’s developing brain | Science | The Guardian Brain development during pregnancy is key for future health, which is why it gets checked so thoroughly during prenatal examinations. But neuroscientists have become increasingly interested in how the activity of the brain becomes progressively integrated and synchronised during development to support human experience, something developmental neuroscientist Moriah Thomason calls “bringing us closer to the blueprints of the brain”. These “blueprints” are not easy to read, however, as they are encased within a tiny skull and float within the mother’s body, protected and nurtured from the outside world, making them a difficult subject for scientific study. Undeterred, groups of innovative researchers have begun to develop technology to gently and non-invasively visualise the activity of the brain as it develops in the womb.
Posted on: Sun, 04 Jan 2015 18:05:33 +0000
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