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 ...

The human brain undergoes significant development during the final prenatal months and through the first year of life. And while scientists have begun to map the developmental trajectories of this ...

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

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

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

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 ...

Neurodevelopment involves the brain's formation of systems responsible for learning, memory, social skills, and overall function. Critical neurodevelopmental processes such as neurogenesis, synaptic ...

Exposure to a diet heavy in fats and sugars during early development primes the brain to overreact to unhealthy foods in ...

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 ...