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

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

Which genes are required for turning embryonic stem cells into brain cells, and what happens when this process goes wrong? In ...

Your brain doesn’t glide through life on a smooth, predictable track. New research suggests it changes course in significant, ...

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

A microscopic flaw in the brain’s cellular scaffolding can shape brain size for life.

The claim that the brain, and particularly the frontal lobe, finishes developing at 25 is far less solid than social media ...

Prenatal exposure to air pollution may impact newborns’ brain development, according to new research from Barcelona.

For the first time, a team of researchers at the Institute for Neurosciences (IN), a joint center of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and Miguel Hernández University of Elche (UMH), has ...

New research has charted the major developmental stages in the brain’s wiring—from early-life pruning to late-life network breakdown—offering a new roadmap for how our brains evolve. Colored diffusion ...

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 ...

A study suggesting that the human brain enters a stable phase around age 32 has people in their 20s feeling validated. University of Cambridge neuroscientists released their research results on ...