Scientists at UCLA have created one of the first cellular-resolution molecular maps detailing how Down syndrome alters human ...
A study of more than 11,000 teens finds cannabis use tied to slower gains in memory, focus and thinking speed as well as ...
Gender-diverse adolescents who experience bullying and live in states with persistently unsupportive gender identity laws are ...
Scientists think Neanderthal children may have had faster growth rates because larger bodies tend to retain heat more ...
Neuroscience reveals the brain is shaped through relationships—not in isolation—challenging individualistic psychiatry and ...
Remarkably, 98 percent of our DNA does not code for genes. Once considered “junk DNA,” it is now well appreciated that these ...
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 ...
Pea-sized brain blobs are a chatty bunch. Packed with neurons that spark with electrical activity, brain organoids—or “mini brains”—are a now popular way to study the human brain. Some organoids model ...
That viral claim that your frontal lobe “isn’t fully developed until 25” turns out to be more myth than milestone. Early brain scans showed that gray matter changes dramatically through the teen years ...