… found that their data did not support the hypothesis that there is a neurodevelopmental risk from prenatal exposure to mercury from ocean fish.—Elizabeth Shogren, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2003
Unfortunately, there is no evidence that postnatal glucocorticoid therapy improves the long-term neurodevelopmental outcome, and most neonates who are successfully weaned from ventilators still have prolonged oxygen dependence.—Richard J. Martin and Michele C. Walsh-Sukys, New England Journal of Medicine, 1 Apr. 1999
neurodevelopmentnoun
Flame retardant compounds pervasive in most California households appear to delay the neurodevelopment of children exposed to the chemicals from the womb through the first years of life … —Stephanie M. Lee, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Nov. 2012