A new study found that the leading environmental factor influencing brain structure and function is the socioeconomic status ...

An 8-month-old infant with severe genetic epilepsy has become the first patient in the world to receive an experimental gene ...

SDG 3 - Good health and wellbeing. This Collection welcomes original research articles that aim to unravel the earliest mechanisms and their timing in healthy brain development and in newborn / ...

Blood vessels are more than just pathways for oxygen and nutrients; they also host communicative processes that guide brain development and sustain its function. These vascular-neuronal interfaces are ...

Experts say an infant’s laughter is an important developmental marker, offering a window into brain development and a child’s ...

*A new study published in Developmental Science suggests prenatal brain growth may influence early childhood language ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising link between gut microbes, and brain development—offering new clues about ADHD, autism ...

Group picture from the kick-off meeting of EPIADAPT. Prof. Tomohisa Toda (third from right) and his project at MPZPM were selected for a funding. The process of “epigenetic memory” in nerve cells ...

If you and your family are happily engaging one another without staring into electronic devices, your brains and ...

Neurodiversity advocates have long argued that autistic brains are differently wired. Now, new evidence shows they are right. Researchers have found atypical numbers of brain cells in two key areas of ...

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Previous research has found that the human brain reaches maturity sometime in the 20s, but a new study suggests that it never stops developing. Neuroscientists at the University of Cambridge have ...