Early adversity and critical periods: neurodevelopmental consequences of violating the expectable environment

CA Nelson, LJ Gabard-Durnam - Trends in neurosciences, 2020 - cell.com
It is now widely recognized that children exposed to adverse life events in the first years of
life are at increased risk for a variety of neural, behavioral, and psychological sequelae. As …

Associations between the human immune system and gut microbiome with neurodevelopment in the first 5 years of life: A systematic scoping review

VO Mancini, J Brook, C Hernandez… - Developmental …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The aim of this review was to map the literature assessing associations between maternal or
infant immune or gut microbiome biomarkers and child neurodevelopmental outcomes …

[HTML][HTML] Systemic inflammation during the first year of life is associated with brain functional connectivity and future cognitive outcomes

AM Bach, W Xie, L Piazzoli, SKG Jensen… - Developmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
The first years of life are a sensitive period of rapid neural and immune system development
vulnerable to the impact of adverse experiences. Several studies support inflammation as a …

Growth faltering is associated with altered brain functional connectivity and cognitive outcomes in urban Bangladeshi children exposed to early adversity

W Xie, SKG Jensen, M Wade, S Kumar, A Westerlund… - BMC medicine, 2019 - Springer
Background Stunting affects more than 161 million children worldwide and can compromise
cognitive development beginning early in childhood. There is a paucity of research using …

[HTML][HTML] Associations of socioeconomic and other environmental factors with early brain development in Bangladeshi infants and children

SKG Jensen, W Xie, S Kumar, R Haque… - Developmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Studies of infants growing up in high-income countries reveal developmental changes in
electroencephalography (EEG) power whereby socioeconomic factors-specifically, low SES …

[HTML][HTML] Longitudinal fNIRS and EEG metrics of habituation and novelty detection are correlated in 1–18-month-old infants

L Katus, A Blasi, S McCann, L Mason, E Mbye… - NeuroImage, 2023 - Elsevier
Introduction Habituation and novelty detection are two fundamental and widely studied
neurocognitive processes. Whilst neural responses to repetitive and novel sensory input …

Diarrheal pathogens associated with growth and neurodevelopment

JR Donowitz, J Drew, M Taniuchi… - Clinical Infectious …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background Diarrheal pathogens have been associated with linear growth deficits. The
effect of diarrheal pathogens on growth is likely due to inflammation, which also adversely …

[HTML][HTML] ERP markers are associated with neurodevelopmental outcomes in 1–5 month old infants in rural Africa and the UK

L Katus, L Mason, B Milosavljevic, S McCann… - NeuroImage, 2020 - Elsevier
Introduction Infants and children in low-and middle-income countries are frequently exposed
to a range of poverty-related risk factors, increasing their likelihood of poor …

[HTML][HTML] Converging neural and behavioral evidence for a rapid, generalized response to threat-related facial expressions in 3-year-old children

W Xie, JM Leppänen, FE Kane-Grade, CA Nelson - NeuroImage, 2021 - Elsevier
Electrophysiological studies on adults suggest that humans are efficient at detecting threat
from facial information and tend to grant these signals a priority in access to attention …

[HTML][HTML] Implementing neuroimaging and eye tracking methods to assess neurocognitive development of young infants in low-and middle-income countries

L Katus, NJ Hayes, L Mason, A Blasi… - Gates Open …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Infants and children in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) are frequently exposed to
a range of environmental risk factors which may negatively affect their neurocognitive …