Prenatal and early-life determinants of neurodevelopment: A decade of discoveries and new directions in ABCD
Iris Menu, Arnaud Cachia, Moriah E Thomason · 2026
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Iris Menu, Arnaud Cachia, and Moriah E. Thomason reviewed in 2026 what a huge United States child study reveals about early life and brain development. The ABCD study follows nearly twelve thousand children recruited at ages nine to ten. Caregiver reports supply information about pregnancy, birth, and early exposures. Brain imaging, thinking tests, and behaviour measures then track development through adolescence.
The review gathers findings from more than one hundred ABCD papers published over the past decade. Maternal health problems, substance use, difficult births, and accumulated adversity all linked to differences in brain and behaviour. Study strengths include its size, diversity, and shared measurement methods across sites. Weaknesses include reliance on recalled pregnancy details and variation between imaging centres. The authors say the resource can guide policies that lower prenatal risk and support young children.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Iris Menu, Arnaud Cachia, Moriah E Thomason |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 106 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |