Wednesday, January 23, 2019 3:00pm to 4:00pm
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415 Elmwood Ave, Rochester, NY 14642
Effects of Challenging Prenatal Environments on Human Fetal Brain Network Development
Moriah Thomason, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Departments of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Population Health, New York University School of Medicine
While we possess rather detailed understanding of select micro- and macroscopic processes of normal human brain development, we know far less about how brain changes relate to behavioral changes over the course of life from the prenatal period to early adulthood. This lack of understanding is especially pronounced in very early years of human life, years where change is most rapid, and vulnerability heightened. The primary objective of our research is to characterize fundamental properties of human brain macroscale neural system development, and examine how early experiences, beginning in utero, influence life-long learning and neurological health. We are testing models in which early psychosocial stress and concomitant chemical exposure influence development of neural systems, particularly those that support the establishment of cognitive control and regulatory processes in childhood. Rigorous evaluation of emergent self-regulatory processes and their neurological and biobehavioral bases has potential to inform educational strategies and lead to biologically-informed behavioral interventions for those with enhanced risk.
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