able human beings to explore and learn about the world around us emerge and become remarkably sophisticated. The child becomes a social being with an array of deeply important relationships. Language ...

Faulty neurons can contribute to various neurological conditions, but researchers have uncovered a system that might clean ...

Melbourne researchers have uncovered a critical signaling pathway that controls the timing of brain development, shedding new light on how neurodevelopmental disorders may develop. The research, led ...

A collaborative research study co-led by scientists at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and the Liber Institute for Brain Development has for the first time identified a biological process ...

Tal Sharf (right, senior author), Tjiste van der Molen (middle, postdoctoral researcher), and Greg Kaurala (left, staff researcher). Humans have long wondered when and how we begin to form thoughts.

Findings published in Cell and Science uncover metabolic and physical cues that influence which cell types radial glia produce in the developing human cortex In two new studies, UCLA researchers used ...

Scientists have discovered why common marmosets have unusually small, smooth brains despite starting development much like ...