New Research Shows Brain Connectivity Begins In Utero

Andrew Bair : Feb 26, 2013
LifeSiteNews.com

"My frame was not hidden from You when I was being formed in secret [and] intricately and curiously wrought [as if embroidered with various colors] in the depths of the earth [a region of darkness and mystery]. Your eyes saw my unformed substance, and in Your book all the days [of my life] were written before ever they took shape, when as yet there was none of them." -Psalm 139:15-16 (AMP)

Scientific investigation has proven to be a persuasive pro-life tool by shedding light on the humanity of the unborn child. Science has shown a baby's tiny heart begins to beat by 21 days after conception and that by 20 weeks fetal age a baby is capable of feeling pain.

Now researchers at Wayne State University and the Perinatology Research Branch of National Institute of Child Health and Human Development in Detroit have shown brain connectivity in unborn children.

Researchers believe the breakthrough study could lead to new ways to prevent and treat brain disorders such as autism, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and dyslexia. The study was published in "Science Translational Medicine" on Wednesday.

Moriah Thomason, an assistant professor of pediatrics at the WSU School of Medicine and principal investigator of the study, told the Detroit News, "We never, ever have been able to peer into the fetal brain and look at the development of functional networks. Scientific researchers will take this new method and apply it to a great number of questions, and that will help us all."

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