The Brain before Birth: Using fMRI to Explore the Secrets of Fetal Neurodevelopment.

The article discusses the effectiveness of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) in a study of fetal neurodevelopment and possible use in the development of novel neuroprotective methods. Topics include a brief description of how the human brain develops from conception until early adulthood, how the neurons and glia form the basis of the nervous system, and comment from pediatrician and environmental epidemiologist Robert Wright.