Adolescence, the life stage that marks the transition between childhood and adulthood, is known to be a vital period for the brain's development. During this critical phase, people's mental abilities, ...

New research reveals brain circuits follow daily schedules for memory formation, with specific hours offering advantages for ...

A multibillion-dollar project reveals critical moments during pregnancy, and even after birth, when the risk of neurological ...

Regular walking is linked to slower cognitive decline in older adults, emphasizing its role in delaying Alzheimer’s disease ...

Researchers identified EXOSC10 mutations in patients with microcephaly and modeled them in mice. Loss of EXOSC10 caused neural stem cells to differentiate too early, depleting progenitors and reducing ...

The brain does not need its sophisticated cortex to interpret the visual world. A new study published in PLOS Biology ...

This study introduces an innovative cloud-based Genome-Wide Association Study (GWAS) platform​that addresses critical ...

A new study suggests that people residing in economically and environmentally burdened neighborhoods show measurable signs of ...

A collection of studies that chart how mammalian brain cells grow and differentiate is a ‘very valuable’ tool for ...

A new study reveals that the brain’s responsiveness and capacity for learning shift with the time of day, governed by ...

A new study published in the journal Cerebral Cortex provides evidence that differences in general intelligence may be partly ...

For the first time, scientists have mapped the genetic architecture of the brain’s communication bridge—the corpus callosum—using AI and MRI data from over 50,000 people.