RECENT RESEARCH 12/04/2013 – 12/12/2013
This list of “recent research” should serve as a current awareness tool – informing those in our field of the research that the media is highlighting at the moment. Individual studies should always be placed in the larger context of the body of research on a particular topic. The list is broken up into "research" (studies appearing in peerreviewed, scholarly journals) and "other items" (government reports, new statistics, unpublished research, etc.). Each entry includes a link to a general news story or press release, followed by a citation and link to the study itself. Items are ordered in a naturally progressing manner -- those pertaining to pregnancy, then birth, then newborns, etc.
RESEARCH Father’s Diet May Influence Long-Term Health of Offspring http://www.myfoxdc.com/story/24190824/fathers-diet-may-influence-long-term-health-of-offspring Low Paternal Dietary Folate Alters the Mouse Sperm Epigenome and Is Associated With Negative Pregnancy Outcomes R. Lambrot, C. Xu, S. Saint-Phar, G. Chountalos, T. Cohen, M. Paquet, M. Suderman, M. Hallett & S. Kimmins Nature Communications Published: 10 December 2013 Article number: 2889, doi:10.1038/ncomms3889 http://www.nature.com/ncomms/2013/131210/ncomms3889/pdf/ncomms3889.pdf Depression During Pregnancy Linked to Brain Changes in Babies http://www.cbsnews.com/news/depression-during-pregnancy-linked-to-brain-changes-in-babies/ Prenatal Maternal Depression Associates with Microstructure of Right Amygdala in Neonates at Birth Anne Rifkin-Graboi, Jordan Bai, Helen Chen, Waseem Bak’r Hameed, Lit Wee Sim, Mya Thway Tint, Birit LeutscherBroekman, Yap-Seng Chong, Peter D. Gluckman, Marielle V. Fortier, Michael J. Meaney, Anqi Qiu Biological Psychiatry 1 December 2013 Vol. 74, Issue 11, Pages 837-844, DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2013.06.019 http://www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com/article/S0006-3223%2813%2900622-7/abstract Prenatal Exposure to Alcohol Disrupts Brain Circuitry: No Safe Level of Drinking During Pregnancy, Neuroscientist Says http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131203105940.htm Prenatal Ethanol Exposure Disrupts Intraneocortical Circuitry, Cortical Gene Expression, and Behavior in a Mouse Model of FASD Hani El Shawa, Charles W. Abbott III, and Kelly J. Huffman The Journal of Neuroscience 27 November 2013 33(48): 18893-18905; doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3721-13.2013 http://www.jneurosci.org/content/33/48/18893
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RECENT RESEARCH 12/04/2013 – 12/12/2013
Mother's Smoking, Early Birth May Raise ADHD Risk in Children http://consumer.healthday.com/kids-health-information-23/attention-deficit-disorder-adhd-news-50/study-linksadhd-to-smoking-pregnancy-complications-earlier-birth-682594.html Environmental Risk Factors by Gender Associated With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Desiree Silva, Lyn Colvin, Erika Hagemann, and Carol Bower Pediatrics published ahead of print December 2, 2013 doi:10.1542/peds.2013-1434 http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2013/11/26/peds.2013-1434.full.pdf Dads: How Important Are They? New Research Highlights Value of Fathers in Both Neurobiology and Behavior of Offspring http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131204091610.htm Father Absence in the Monogamous California Mouse Impairs Social Behavior and Modifies Dopamine and Glutamate Synapses in the Medial Prefrontal Cortex Francis R. Bambico, Baptiste Lacoste, Patrick R. Hattan, and Gabriella Gobbi Cerebral Cortex first published online December 4, 2013 doi:10.1093/cercor/bht310 http://cercor.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2013/11/24/cercor.bht310 One Child Injured By High Chairs Every Hour: Study http://www.cbsnews.com/news/high-chairs-injure-child-every-hour/ Pediatric Injuries Associated With High Chairs and Chairs in the United States, 2003-2010 Rachel M. Kurinsky, Lynne M. Rochette, and Gary A. Smith Clinical Pediatrics first published on December 9, 2013 doi:10.1177/0009922813510599 http://cpj.sagepub.com/content/early/2013/12/09/0009922813510599.full.pdf TV watching is linked to brain changes in kids http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/tv-watching-is-linked-to-brain-changes-inkids/2013/12/06/a778d002-5d16-11e3-bc56-c6ca94801fac_story.html The Impact of Television Viewing on Brain Structures: Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Analyses Hikaru Takeuchi, Yasuyuki Taki, Hiroshi Hashizume, Kohei Asano, Michiko Asano, Yuko Sassa, Susumu Yokota, Yuka Kotozaki, Rui Nouchi, and Ryuta Kawashima Cerebral Cortex first published online November 20, 2013 doi:10.1093/cercor/bht315 http://cercor.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2013/11/18/cercor.bht315.short
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RECENT RESEARCH 12/04/2013 – 12/12/2013
Malnourished Children Still Have Hope Beyond First 1,000 Days http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131211132724.htm Postinfancy Growth, Schooling, and Cognitive Achievement: Young Lives Benjamin T Crookston, Whitney Schott, Santiago Cueto, Kirk A Dearden, Patrice Engle, Andreas Georgiadis, Elizabeth A Lundeen, Mary E Penny, Aryeh D Stein, and Jere R Behrman American Journal of Clinical Nutrition First published online September 25, 2013 doi:10.3945/ajcn.113.067561 http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/98/6/1555.full.pdf and Editorial: Post–1000 Days Growth Trajectories and Child Cognitive Development in Low- and Middle-Income Countries Rafael Pérez-Escamilla American Journal of Clinical Nutrition First published online October 16, 2013 doi:10.3945/ajcn.113.074757 http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/98/6/1375.full Will Music Make Your Child Smarter? http://health.usnews.com/health-news/news/articles/2013/12/11/will-music-make-your-child-smarter Two Randomized Trials Provide No Consistent Evidence for Nonmusical Cognitive Benefits of Brief Preschool Music Enrichment Mehr SA, Schachner A, Katz RC, Spelke ES PLoS ONE Published: December 11, 2013 8(12): e82007. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0082007 http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0082007 TV watching is linked to brain changes in kids http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/tv-watching-is-linked-to-brain-changes-inkids/2013/12/06/a778d002-5d16-11e3-bc56-c6ca94801fac_story.html The Impact of Television Viewing on Brain Structures: Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Analyses Hikaru Takeuchi, Yasuyuki Taki, Hiroshi Hashizume, Kohei Asano, Michiko Asano, Yuko Sassa, Susumu Yokota, Yuka Kotozaki, Rui Nouchi, and Ryuta Kawashima Cerebral Cortex first published online November 20, 2013 doi:10.1093/cercor/bht315 http://cercor.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2013/11/18/cercor.bht315.short
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RECENT RESEARCH 12/04/2013 – 12/12/2013
OTHER ITEMS – REPORTS/STATISTICS/UNPUBLISHED RESEARCH, ETC National Research Council. New Directions in Child Abuse and Neglect Research The National Academies Press 2013 http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=18331 Confronting the Child Care Eligibility Maze: Simplifying and Aligning with Other Work Supports CLASP and the Urban Institute December 2013 http://www.clasp.org/admin/site/publications/files/WSS-CC-Paper.pdf
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