The human brain is often compared to a computer, but the latest wave of research shows it is closer to a self-building city, ...

A sweeping genetic screen reveals how the brain is built and exposes a hidden gene behind a newly discovered childhood brain ...

Researchers in Japan built a miniature human brain circuit using fused stem-cell–derived organoids, allowing them to watch ...

The maternal microbiome and immune system have both independent and synergistic effects on fetal brain health—changes in the ...

In the mice with large-brain primate microbes, the researchers found increased expression of genes associated with energy ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists have reached a milestone in an ambitious initiative to chart how the many types of brain cells emerge and mature from the earliest embryonic and fetal stages until ...

Just a few weeks after conception, stem cells are already orchestrating the future structure of the human brain. A new Yale-led study shows that, early in development, molecular “traffic cops” known ...

Everywhere you look, there is a great deal of fear about the possibility of developing dementia as you get older. A new study ...

Babies in financially stressed households show slower brain development, highlighting the importance of income stability ...

Your brain doesn't have to age on autopilot. New research shows we can slow—and potentially reverse—brain aging.

Scientists at the Carney Institute for Brain Science have discovered specific patterns of electrical signals in the brain that may help forecast whether a person will go on to develop Alzheimer’s ...