No need to wait until September: We’ve identified the causes of autism and even some of the environmental chemicals interacting with autism genes involved early fetal neurodevelopment during pregnancy
April 13, 2025 at 2:34 PM
No need to wait until September: We’ve identified the causes of autism and even some of the environmental chemicals interacting with autism genes involved early fetal neurodevelopment during pregnancy
Hi everyone 👋. I am a neuroimmunologist working on microglia, brain-body crosstalk in neurodevelopment, and biological embedding of health disparities. bilbolab.com
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November 20, 2024 at 12:08 PM
Hi everyone 👋. I am a neuroimmunologist working on microglia, brain-body crosstalk in neurodevelopment, and biological embedding of health disparities. bilbolab.com
Those who answered "none" had better have some nice studies showing that recurrent COVID infection is good for neurodevelopment.
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May 26, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Those who answered "none" had better have some nice studies showing that recurrent COVID infection is good for neurodevelopment.
www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/15...
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Nothing reveals the true motives of the anti-water fluoridation folks more than the fact they never propose public health efforts to remove fluoride from the water where it is naturally high (the actual exposure in most ecological data used to suggest harm to neurodevelopment).
April 8, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Nothing reveals the true motives of the anti-water fluoridation folks more than the fact they never propose public health efforts to remove fluoride from the water where it is naturally high (the actual exposure in most ecological data used to suggest harm to neurodevelopment).
"...maternal physical activity before & during pregnancy may be assoc with optimized early neurodevelopment in offspring, particularly regarding motor function, highlighting the potential benefits of prenatal exercise beyond maternal health."
Exercise & Pregnancy jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Exercise & Pregnancy jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Physical Activity Before and During Pregnancy and Neurodevelopment in Early Childhood
This cohort study examines the association between the physical activity levels of women before and during pregnancy and neurodevelopment of their child from 6 months to 3 years of age.
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April 6, 2026 at 12:39 AM
"...maternal physical activity before & during pregnancy may be assoc with optimized early neurodevelopment in offspring, particularly regarding motor function, highlighting the potential benefits of prenatal exercise beyond maternal health."
Exercise & Pregnancy jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Exercise & Pregnancy jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
ADHD-
Is not a personality disorder.
It's neurodevelopment disorder. Your brain is affected by your environment, so certain things might make coping with it easier or more difficult.
Many people out here treating it like a personality disorder.
Is not a personality disorder.
It's neurodevelopment disorder. Your brain is affected by your environment, so certain things might make coping with it easier or more difficult.
Many people out here treating it like a personality disorder.
May 30, 2025 at 5:15 PM
ADHD-
Is not a personality disorder.
It's neurodevelopment disorder. Your brain is affected by your environment, so certain things might make coping with it easier or more difficult.
Many people out here treating it like a personality disorder.
Is not a personality disorder.
It's neurodevelopment disorder. Your brain is affected by your environment, so certain things might make coping with it easier or more difficult.
Many people out here treating it like a personality disorder.
What about pregnant woman? #COVID infection in pregnancy is shown to impact fetal brain development via maternal and placental immune activation. Several adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes have been reported. #NeuroCovid #LongCovidKids
www.cell.com/trends/molec...
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May 28, 2025 at 1:24 AM
What about pregnant woman? #COVID infection in pregnancy is shown to impact fetal brain development via maternal and placental immune activation. Several adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes have been reported. #NeuroCovid #LongCovidKids
www.cell.com/trends/molec...
www.cell.com/trends/molec...
people in their early 20s should not be allowed to do substances not because it impacts their neurodevelopment but because they don't have enough ennui and jadedness to have sufficiently earned it
May 4, 2025 at 9:52 PM
people in their early 20s should not be allowed to do substances not because it impacts their neurodevelopment but because they don't have enough ennui and jadedness to have sufficiently earned it
Many acetaminophen–autism studies don’t control for why the drug was taken, often viral illness, a major confounder. Viral infections during pregnancy can affect neurodevelopment.
The current admin doesn’t seem to want to prevent these
The current admin doesn’t seem to want to prevent these
September 23, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Many acetaminophen–autism studies don’t control for why the drug was taken, often viral illness, a major confounder. Viral infections during pregnancy can affect neurodevelopment.
The current admin doesn’t seem to want to prevent these
The current admin doesn’t seem to want to prevent these
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Early life high fructose impairs microglial phagocytosis and neurodevelopment
Zhaoquan Wang et al.
@nature.com 🧪
Early life high fructose impairs microglial phagocytosis and neurodevelopment
Zhaoquan Wang et al.
@nature.com 🧪
Early life high fructose impairs microglial phagocytosis and neurodevelopment - Nature
Exposure of mice to high fructose during gestation or early postnatal life causes decreased microglial phagocytosis during brain development and leads to anxiety-like behaviour in adolescence.
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June 14, 2025 at 11:28 PM
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Early life high fructose impairs microglial phagocytosis and neurodevelopment
Zhaoquan Wang et al.
@nature.com 🧪
Early life high fructose impairs microglial phagocytosis and neurodevelopment
Zhaoquan Wang et al.
@nature.com 🧪
A large consortium of researchers has mapped how brain cells establish diverse identities throughout neurodevelopment and across species
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Developmental maps of the brain trace when cell types emerge
A large consortium of researchers has mapped how brain cells establish diverse identities throughout neurodevelopment and across species.
go.nature.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:13 AM
A large consortium of researchers has mapped how brain cells establish diverse identities throughout neurodevelopment and across species
go.nature.com/4owkpfk
go.nature.com/4owkpfk
Happy to share our review "Investigating hierarchical critical periods in human neurodevelopment” in @npp-journal.bsky.social! We examine neurobiological, environmental & behavioral evidence for human critical periods in sensory and association cortex +discuss new research directions rdcu.be/eMkVU 🧵
November 11, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Happy to share our review "Investigating hierarchical critical periods in human neurodevelopment” in @npp-journal.bsky.social! We examine neurobiological, environmental & behavioral evidence for human critical periods in sensory and association cortex +discuss new research directions rdcu.be/eMkVU 🧵
UCSF scientists build brain organoids at scale equipped with blood vessels, "leading to high fidelity neurodevelopment." Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
January 11, 2026 at 2:40 PM
UCSF scientists build brain organoids at scale equipped with blood vessels, "leading to high fidelity neurodevelopment." Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
OK folks, the Stanford Neurodiversity Summit #SNS25 is underway. We're here to "treasure the strengths" of neurodivergent people. SNS is an outgrowth of the Stanford Neurodiversity Project, founded in 2018, which includes the Adult Neurodevelopment Clinic. The first SNS was in 2020. #neurodiversity
September 13, 2025 at 4:09 PM
OK folks, the Stanford Neurodiversity Summit #SNS25 is underway. We're here to "treasure the strengths" of neurodivergent people. SNS is an outgrowth of the Stanford Neurodiversity Project, founded in 2018, which includes the Adult Neurodevelopment Clinic. The first SNS was in 2020. #neurodiversity
Nature research paper: Early life high fructose impairs microglial phagocytosis and neurodevelopment
https://go.nature.com/3HGv4na
https://go.nature.com/3HGv4na
Early life high fructose impairs microglial phagocytosis and neurodevelopment - Nature
Exposure of mice to high fructose during gestation or early postnatal life causes decreased microglial phagocytosis during brain development and leads to anxiety-like behaviour in adolescence.
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June 13, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Nature research paper: Early life high fructose impairs microglial phagocytosis and neurodevelopment
https://go.nature.com/3HGv4na
https://go.nature.com/3HGv4na
Many thanks @houstonchronicle.com for the opportunity to explain how autism genes operate in fetal neurodevelopment, known chemical exposures interacting with those genes, why focusing on vaccines, Tylenol, circumcision is misguided, and we actually should do www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outl...
October 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Many thanks @houstonchronicle.com for the opportunity to explain how autism genes operate in fetal neurodevelopment, known chemical exposures interacting with those genes, why focusing on vaccines, Tylenol, circumcision is misguided, and we actually should do www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outl...
Bet it will be crickets about this from RFK Jr.
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Autism diagnosis rates higher among children born to mothers who had Covid-19 during pregnancy, study suggests | CNN
Children may be more likely to be diagnosed with autism and other neurodevelopment disorders if their mother had a Covid-19 infection while pregnant, according to a new study.
www.cnn.com
October 31, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Bet it will be crickets about this from RFK Jr.
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Come join us @umontreal.ca - We're looking to recruit a Professor in the field of neurobiology, with a focus on linking neurodevelopment to neural circuit function and dysfunction.
#neuroskyence #neuroscience 🧪
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#neuroskyence #neuroscience 🧪
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Principal Investigator in neurodevelopment/Assistant Professor - CHU Sainte-Justine Azrieli Research Centre/ Université de Montréal - Federation of European Neuroscience Societies
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January 17, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Come join us @umontreal.ca - We're looking to recruit a Professor in the field of neurobiology, with a focus on linking neurodevelopment to neural circuit function and dysfunction.
#neuroskyence #neuroscience 🧪
See ad below -
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#neuroskyence #neuroscience 🧪
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Super excited to share that I will start my lab at University of Oregon in Fall 2027!
We will study astrocyte-neuron interactions in neurodevelopment and related disorders.
Grateful to all my mentors and colleagues! I couldn’t be happier to return to the PNW!
ion.uoregon.edu/research/fac...
We will study astrocyte-neuron interactions in neurodevelopment and related disorders.
Grateful to all my mentors and colleagues! I couldn’t be happier to return to the PNW!
ion.uoregon.edu/research/fac...
Faculty Page
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September 15, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Super excited to share that I will start my lab at University of Oregon in Fall 2027!
We will study astrocyte-neuron interactions in neurodevelopment and related disorders.
Grateful to all my mentors and colleagues! I couldn’t be happier to return to the PNW!
ion.uoregon.edu/research/fac...
We will study astrocyte-neuron interactions in neurodevelopment and related disorders.
Grateful to all my mentors and colleagues! I couldn’t be happier to return to the PNW!
ion.uoregon.edu/research/fac...
Children may be more likely to be diagnosed with autism and other neurodevelopment disorders if their mother had a Covid-19 infection while pregnant, according to a new study.
Autism diagnosis rates higher among children born to mothers who had Covid-19 during pregnancy, study suggests | CNN
Children may be more likely to be diagnosed with autism and other neurodevelopment disorders if their mother had a Covid-19 infection while pregnant, according to a new study.
www.cnn.com
October 31, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Children may be more likely to be diagnosed with autism and other neurodevelopment disorders if their mother had a Covid-19 infection while pregnant, according to a new study.
Out today from The Perry Lab, our work suggesting how exposure to high fructose in pregnant mice or developing neonates directly affects neurodevelopment. In @natureportfolio.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41... @mskcancercenter.bsky.social @weillcornell.bsky.social.
June 11, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Out today from The Perry Lab, our work suggesting how exposure to high fructose in pregnant mice or developing neonates directly affects neurodevelopment. In @natureportfolio.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41... @mskcancercenter.bsky.social @weillcornell.bsky.social.
🤯“Human cortical neurons integrated with the mouse nervous system & showed organized activity resembling developing circuits. The platform will be useful for obtaining circuit/behaviour readouts to study neurodevelopment, model disease & develop therapeutics.” New from @sergiuppasca.bsky.social lab🧪
Developmental xenocortication using human-derived organoids in mice - Nature
Xenocortication with human neurons enables circuit- and behaviour-level analysis of neurodevelopment in mice.
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September 16, 2026 at 3:21 PM
🤯“Human cortical neurons integrated with the mouse nervous system & showed organized activity resembling developing circuits. The platform will be useful for obtaining circuit/behaviour readouts to study neurodevelopment, model disease & develop therapeutics.” New from @sergiuppasca.bsky.social lab🧪
Oropouche virus disrupts neurodevelopment and exhibits congenital infection potential
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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September 22, 2026 at 1:29 PM
Oropouche virus disrupts neurodevelopment and exhibits congenital infection potential
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We have a few more spots on this #bluesky starter. Who else should we include? Please suggest
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November 18, 2024 at 12:10 AM
We have a few more spots on this #bluesky starter. Who else should we include? Please suggest
#brain
#development
#neurodevelopment
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#brain
#development
#neurodevelopment
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It sounds like this would simplify the search for underlying causes & treatments, but it's actually the exact opposite.
Even if two people had the same set of genetic variants, they might be given entirely different diagnoses based on individual variation.
Even if two people had the same set of genetic variants, they might be given entirely different diagnoses based on individual variation.
Transdiagnostic dimensions of psychopathology explain individuals’ unique deviations from normative neurodevelopment in brain structure - Translational Psychiatry
Translational Psychiatry - Transdiagnostic dimensions of psychopathology explain individuals’ unique deviations from normative neurodevelopment in brain structure
www.nature.com
December 14, 2025 at 2:39 PM
It sounds like this would simplify the search for underlying causes & treatments, but it's actually the exact opposite.
Even if two people had the same set of genetic variants, they might be given entirely different diagnoses based on individual variation.
Even if two people had the same set of genetic variants, they might be given entirely different diagnoses based on individual variation.