The human brain is often compared to a computer, but the latest wave of research shows it is closer to a self-building city, ...

A sweeping genetic screen reveals how the brain is built and exposes a hidden gene behind a newly discovered childhood brain ...

An international research team identified hundreds of genes essential for the development of brain cells, including one gene ...

Researchers in Japan built a miniature human brain circuit using fused stem-cell–derived organoids, allowing them to watch ...

The 25 number became popular off the back of brain imaging studies from the late 1990s and early 2000s. These studies often tracked changes through childhood and adolescence and showed that the brain ...

The human brain undergoes significant development during the final prenatal months and through the first year of life. And while scientists have begun to map the developmental trajectories of this ...

New research following children for more than a decade links high screen exposure before age two to accelerated brain maturation, slower decision-making, and increased anxiety by adolescence.

Decades of research show that early psychosocial stress, including chronic exposure to adversity, can shape how a child's ...

Disrupting maternal gut-immune axis perturbed immune networks in developing mouse brains, revealing potential mechanisms underlying neurodevelopmental disorders.

A study reveals our brain development changes at ages 9, 32, 66 and 83.

Babies in financially stressed households show slower brain development, highlighting the importance of income stability ...

The discovery could pave the way for new treatments, improved risk prediction, and earlier intervention for brain metastases.