A chronological map of the fetal brain reveals when key cells emerge and provides clues about autism and cancer.

Researchers from the University of Oxford have created the first high-resolution molecular atlas of the adult Drosophila ...

Researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham are members of the large-scale long-term national HEALthy Brain and Child Development study consortium. Providing scientists around the world ...

Study maps five major eras of brain wiring from birth to old age, revealing the key turning points that shape how we learn, ...

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory postdoc Stan Kerstjens and colleagues have devised a new theory for how the brain organizes ...

The brain is known to develop gradually throughout the human lifespan, following a hierarchical pattern. First, it adapts to support basic functions, such as movement and sensory perception, then it ...

In this week's edition, columnist Gideon Hall examines the common myth that the human brain finishes developing at age 25.

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 ...

Neuroscientists propose a new theory of brain development where cells organize based on lineage rather than long-range signals.

A study of infants during their first year of life found that those coming from households where parents felt their income was inadequate to support the family’s needs tended to show delayed brain ...