Mechanisms underlying the cognitive and behavioural effects of maternal obesity

K Hasebe, MD Kendig, MJ Morris - Nutrients, 2021 - mdpi.com
The widespread consumption of 'western'-style diets along with sedentary lifestyles has led
to a global epidemic of obesity. Epidemiological, clinical and preclinical evidence suggests …

[HTML][HTML] Binding to the other side: The AT-Hook DNA-binding domain allows nuclear factors to exploit the DNA minor groove

S Battista, M Fedele, L Secco, AMD Ingo… - International Journal of …, 2024 - mdpi.com
The “AT-hook” is a peculiar DNA-binding domain that interacts with DNA in the minor groove
in correspondence to AT-rich sequences. This domain has been first described in the HMGA …

Genome-wide association study of population-standardised cognitive performance phenotypes in a rural South African community

CC Soo, JT Brandenburg, A Nebel, S Tollman… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
Cognitive function is an indicator for global physical and mental health, and cognitive
impairment has been associated with poorer life outcomes and earlier mortality. A standard …

Children's greenness exposure and IQ-associated DNA Methylation: a prospective cohort study

KS Lee, YJ Choi, JW Cho, SJ Moon, YH Lim… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Epigenetics is known to be involved in regulatory pathways through which greenness
exposure influences child development and health. We aimed to investigate the …

Human genetics of face recognition: discovery of MCTP2 mutations in humans with face blindness (congenital prosopagnosia)

Y Sun, W Men, I Kennerknecht, W Fang, HF Zheng… - Genetics, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Face recognition is important for both visual and social cognition. While prosopagnosia or
face blindness has been known for seven decades and face-specific neurons for half a …

Heritability of human visual contour integration—an integrated genomic study

Z Zhu, B Chen, R Na, W Fang, W Zhang… - European Journal of …, 2019 - nature.com
Contour integration, a key visual function to deal with occlusion and discontinuity in natural
scenes, is essential to human survival. However, individuals are not equally well equipped …

Exposure to greenness in urban area and cognitive development in children

이경신 - 2021 - s-space.snu.ac.kr
Background: It has been reported that residential greenness is definitely linked to the health
benefits of children, including improved cognitive ability. A prospective cohort design was …