Stem Cell Research News – Newsletter for December 5, 2010

Smoking Mothers can Cause Attentional Problems & Hyperactivity in Offsprings

NEW YORK (GaeaTimes.com) — A recent study carried out by a group of researchers at Birmingham has revealed that smoking during pregnancy can decrease the number of adult stem cells and cause a change in synaptic plasticity in the hippocampus of the offspring.
Hippocampus is that part of the brain which is associated with learning … Read this article on Gaea Times at : Smoking Mothers can Cause Attentional Problems & Hyperactivity in Offsprings.