New research finds that brain development is not linear. There are distinct phases with unique characteristics.

A team of researchers from the University of Aberdeen has uncovered, for the first time, how genes linked to autism and ...

New research suggests the human brain has five distinct ages, and it may not reach adulthood until a person's early 30s.

Neuroscientists have been trying to understand how the human brain supports numerous advanced capabilities for centuries. The ...

The brain implant is an ultra-thin chip designed to create a fast, wireless link between the human brain and artificial ...

Rather than thinking that adolescence ends at 18, groundbreaking brain research has shown that critical brain developmental ...

Scientists identified cellular metabolism and energy signaling as a central factor connecting genetic and environmental ...

An international research team has provided an unprecedented look at how gene regulation evolves during human brain development, showing how the 3D structure of chromatin—DNA and proteins—plays a ...

An international research team involving the German Primate Center—Leibniz Institute for Primate Research (DPZ), Hannover ...

A cutting-edge laboratory technique that turns human stem cells into brain-like tissue now recapitulates human brain development more accurately than ever, according to a new study from Case Western ...