Your baby’s brain is one of the first major organs to start developing. Learn more about fetal brain development and what ...

St. Louis, May 25, 2009 — Women of childbearing age can reduce the risk of having a child born with a neural tube defect such as spina bifida by eating enough folate or folic acid. However, folate ...

A folic acid supplement is recommended during pregnancy and prior to conception because it reduces the risk of neural tube defects in babies. Social media posts have claimed that people should avoid ...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 98, No. 17 (Aug. 14, 2001), pp. 9683-9687 (5 pages) The forebrain overgrowth mutation (fog) was originally ...

Many simpler forms of life on this planet, including some of our earliest ancestors, don't have proper brains. Instead they have networks of neurons that fire in response to stimuli, triggering ...

A blood test to measure folate concentrations in a mother's red blood cells could help in the prevention of neural tube birth defects, suggests a large study. A blood test to measure folate ...

Spina bifida is a condition where a baby’s spine and spinal cord do not close properly, leading to nerve and mobility issues.

Women of childbearing age can reduce the risk of having a child born with a neural tube defect such as spina bifida by eating enough folate or folic acid. New research using mice confirms the ...