... Abstract Amelogenesis, the intricate process governing enamel formation, is susceptible to a range of genetic, systemic, and environmental influences, resulting in distinct developmental defects of enamel (DDE), such as molar incisor hypomineralisation (MIH), enamel hypoplasia, dental fluorosis...

... during gestation. Evidence consistent with in utero origins for PCOS in humans has thus been slow to amass, but the balance now leans toward developmental fetal origins. Given that PCOS is familial and highly heritable, difficulties encountered in discerning genetic contributions to PCOS pathogenesis...

... Abstract In this chapter, I will present an overview of early case descriptions of specific isolated cognitive deficits in children for which no clear brain impairment could be demonstrated and which were therefore considered to be congenital or developmental in nature. Three kinds of syndromes...

... in adults and children of different developmental ages. It is also of great importance for the choice of research approach and for interpretation and comparison of research data obtained from epidemiological, physiological, clinical and other studies involving children and adults. This chapter focuses...

... Abstract The period of complementary feeding (6-24 months of age) can be a challenging and vulnerable time for infant nutrition due to disproportionately high requirements for metabolic processes, rapid developmental processes, and limited gastric capacity. This is a period of crucial brain...

... to accommodate foods with varying textures. Such information is essential for designing developmentally appropriate foods, minimizing food aversions, providing caregivers science-based guidance regarding the safety and appropriateness of new foods, and identifying children at risk for choking or feeding...

... psychophysiological research has enlivened the study of emotional development. With the advent of new technologies, new theories, new journals, and renewed appreciation from developmental scientists for the importance of both emotional and neurobiological processes, developmental affective psychophysiology has...

... of an evolutionary-developmental perspective that supports roles for both nutrition and stress as key environmental conditions driving natural selection and developmental plasticity. We suggest that intrauterine stress exposure may interact with the nutritional milieu, and that stress biology may represent...

... Research on developmental origins of adult disease has devoted considerable attention to exploring the critical role of nutrition and metabolism during pre- and postnatal life in early growth and development, and their long-term impact on health, performance and well-being [ 1 , 2 ]. Dr...

... maturation follows fetal malnourishment and postnatal overfeeding. In this review, the semiology and pathophysiology of puberty are discussed in a lifelong developmental perspective. Puberty is a transition period between childhood and adulthood that is characterized by the development of sex...

... Abstract Congenital developmental defects of Müllerian derivates, understandable with the knowledge of embryological development of Wolffian and Müllerian ducts, are defects of canalisation (= gynatresias), defects in fusing, combined defects and uterovaginal agenesis. Gynatresias should...

...), extracellular matrix deposition and/or morphogenetic movements. All of these developmental events are crucial during the formation of lip and palate primordia. In contrast to development of the upper lip and primary palate, development of the secondary palate takes place in conjunction with growth...