Brain development does not end at 25 but continues into the early 30s as neural networks become more efficient and ...

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

The way the brain develops can shape us throughout our lives, so neuroscientists are intensely curious about how it happens.

A new study from Northwestern University is reshaping how scientists think about brain evolution. The research suggests that ...

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

Dr Pritchard explains: “Diabetes damages the blood vessels within the brain, making them leakier and reducing the amount of ...

A large genetic screen has revealed how stem cells transform into brain cells, exposing hundreds of genes that make this ...

Just a few weeks after conception, stem cells are already orchestrating the future structure of the human brain. A new Yale-led study shows that, early in development, molecular “traffic cops” known ...

Research led by the SickKids Research Institute in Toronto and the University of Pennsylvania, has found that immune-related ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists have reached a milestone in an ambitious initiative to chart how the many types of brain cells emerge and mature from the earliest embryonic and fetal stages until ...

Your brain doesn't have to age on autopilot. New research shows we can slow—and potentially reverse—brain aging.

A new study maps how prenatal stress alters immune signalling in the developing brain at a level of detail not seen before ...