“This marks a major milestone in our multi-site NIH-funded effort to better understand how factors during pregnancy influence neurodevelopment in infants and toddlers,” Newsom said. “The data release ...

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

A chronological map of the fetal brain reveals when key cells emerge and provides clues about autism and cancer.

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

On Thursday, March 12, Smith College President Sarah Willie-LeBreton welcomed to campus Dr. Frances Jensen ’78—renowned ...

The natural and the social world shaped the evolution of each. Knowing whom to invite to dinner is as important as knowing ...

Neuroscientists propose a new theory of brain development where cells organize based on lineage rather than long-range signals.

How does a single cell reliably build one of the most complex structures known in nature? New research suggests the answer ...

Dr. Frances Jensen ’78, acclaimed author of The Teenage Brain, will speak at a colloquium on Thursday, March 12 at 5 p.m. in ...

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

Your brain begins as a single cell. When all is said and done, it will house an incredibly complex and powerful network of some 170 billion cells.

Researchers have discovered that mutations in the FOXJ3 gene act as a "master switch" failure, disrupting how the brain builds its layers and leading to FCD, a primary cause of drug-resistant epilepsy ...