Vulnerable periods during the development of the nervous system are sensitive to
environmental insults because they are dependent on the temporal and regional emergence …

General anesthesia has been unequivocally linked to abnormal development of the central
nervous system, leading to neurocognitive impairments in laboratory models. In vitro and in …

Previously our laboratory has shown that ketamine exposure (24h of clinically relevant
anesthesia) causes significant increases in neuronal cell death in perinatal rhesus monkeys …

Abstract In Study 1 (N= 147), duration of music lessons was correlated positively with IQ and
with academic ability among 6-to 11-year-olds, even when potential confounding variables …

Children's exposure to tobacco constituents during fetal development and via environmental
tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure is perhaps the most ubiquitous and hazardous of children's …

Use of preemptive analgesia in Neonatal Intensive Care Units is recommended for severe
and/or invasive procedures. However, the potential long-term consequences of such …

There is increasing evidence that exposure of developing brains in animals, including
nonhuman primates, to commonly-utilized anesthetic agents may cause adverse effects on …

The first comprehensive single-source reference on the minipig, this accessible manual
provides a resource for research scientists on the potential and use of the minipig as a …

An epidemiological study of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) suggests that
the prevalence may be two to three times higher than the figure of 3–5% often cited. In …

Why do scores on most cognitive ability tests correlate positively? The fact that people who
score highly on one test tend to score highly on others±that some people are more …