The Independent18d
Children are increasingly starting primary school struggling to talk, teachers have warned
In a new survey, nine in ten primary school teachers said that children’s speech and language issues have worsened since 2020. Teachers have been noticing declining school preparedness in young ...
BMJ24d
Microcephaly in Australian children, 2016–2018: national surveillance study
Of the total number of cases, 47 (67%) had primary microcephaly (at birth); and 25 (36%) had severe microcephaly (OFC >3 SDs). Birth defects were reported in 42 (60%). Of 49 infants with developmental ...
Alzheimer's Research UK1mon
Primary progressive aphasia
Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is a rare type of dementia. It is caused by damage to parts of the brain that control our language, personality, emotions and behaviour. In most cases, PPA is caused ...
Frontiers1y
Small size, big problems: insights and difficulties in prenatal diagnosis of fetal microcephaly
2022). Microcephaly primary hereditary (MCPH) refers to some of the genetic forms of CM. Postnatal microcephaly is a term reserved for microcephaly that develops after birth. In these cases, the head ...
eLife5y
Tight junction protein occludin regulates progenitor Self-Renewal and survival in developing cortex
Occludin (OCLN) mutations cause human microcephaly and cortical malformation. A tight junction component thought absent in neuroepithelium after neural tube closure, OCLN isoform-specific expression ...