Adolescence is widely thought to be a time when the brain trims away excess neural connections, refining circuits through synaptic pruning. New research now suggests this view may be incomplete.

Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is an inherited genetic developmental condition that strongly impacts brain development. Despite the ...

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai report that early-life exposure to common environmental metals may ...

A cellular-resolution map of prenatal brain development in Down syndrome reveals disrupted neuron production timing and altered cell types.

Researchers from the Paris Brain Institute and Sainte-Justine University Hospital in Montreal have, for the first time, ...

Scientists mapped human brain development in Down syndrome at a cellular level, discovering that stem cells "rush" to become ...

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 ...

Researchers used baby teeth to prove that environmental metal exposure during specific weeks of infancy predicts adolescent ...

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In about one out of every 1,000 pregnancies, the neural tube, a key nervous system structure, fails to close properly.

What’s going on in your teen’s brain? Are they going to be okay? Parental influence is crucial to systems that shape lifelong ...

If you’re eating to support your brain, fish deserves a regular spot in your meal rotation. And the best part is that only a ...