The third trimester of pregnancy represents a sensitive phase for infant brain plasticity when
a series of fast-developing cellular events (synaptogenesis, neuronal migration, and …

Around 15 million children are born preterm (< 37 weeks of gestation) every year. Of these,
15% or 2.25 million are born very preterm (VP;< 32 weeks of gestation). Here, the …

Behavioral sleep problems in early childhood are common, affecting about 25% of children,
and include symptoms such as problems going to sleep and staying asleep. This review …

Background The trajectories of late preterm development from infancy to kindergarten
reading and math, and predictors of academic resilience and risk are unknown. Methods …

Europaweit kommen jedes Jahr mehr als 600.000 Kinder zu früh zur Welt. Trotz der
immensen Fortschritte, die die neonatologische Intensivmedizin gemacht hat, bleibt die …

Caring for the complex needs of a child with congenital heart disease (CHD) can place
significant burden on the family. Parent mental health and coping have important influences …

The purpose of this review is to present a new framework, EI SMART (early intervention:
sensorimotor development, attention and regulation, relationships, and therapist support) for …

Objective Meta-analyses were used to test associations of parental depression with child
internalizing and externalizing problems, based on 107 cross-sectional and 127 longitudinal …

Epigenetics is changing the interpretation of “genetics” in relation to “environment”, in that
the genetic code is not exclusively responsible for the “destiny” of a child's development; …

Background Very preterm (VPT;< 30 weeks gestation) children are a heterogeneous group,
yet the co‐occurrence of psychiatric and neurodevelopmental impairments remains unclear …