Alpert Medical School and the New York Academy of Sciences will sponsor a conference on the emerging field of behavioral epigenetics Oct. 29 and 30, according to a recent announcement on the New York ...

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder that is estimated to be experienced by roughly 1 in 127 people worldwide. It is characterized by atypical patterns in brain development, ...

In a previous post I pointed out the fallacy in preformationism and contrasted it with epigenesis: the true paradigm for understanding how DNA directs development. Source: Christopher Badcock But I ...

In the long-debated question of nature versus nurture, the emerging field of behavioral epigenetics may hold significant insight, suggesting that nature responds to the effects of nurture. Behavioral ...

Before a child speaks a first word or misses a developmental milestone, clues about autism and ADHD risk may already be ...

DNA methylation at birth and gut microbiome colonization in the first year of life may influence the development of neurodevelopmental conditions, like ADHD and autism.

Why do animals behave differently, and what are the consequences of this? A research team from the Collaborative Research Centre NC³ at Bielefeld University and the University of Münster now provides ...

The gut microbiome and epigenetics—molecular switches that turn genes on or off—are intertwined, and both contribute to ...