In a bid to better understand, and potentially treat, a host of conditions that affect early cognition, neurodevelopment and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Groundbreaking research from Karolinska Institutet reveals that humans can grow new neurons well into old age, offering new hope ...

Researchers have mapped 30 million cells to create a definitive atlas of the human neocortex. This blueprint reveals how human brain development differs from other mammals and provides a roadmap for ...

The brain is the most complex organ in the human body. Different parts of the brain perform a variety of functions, all of ...

The approaches seem disparate, which is why most brain scientists choose individual strategies. But Silver believes the ...

As I enter deep middle age, parenting two teenagers, I find reading about brain development more interesting. The old-school view of becoming an adult at 18 (or 21) seems simple. The more recent ...

Scientists have uncovered a powerful new clue in the mystery of brain aging: a single protein called FTL1. In aging mice, higher levels of this protein weakened connections between brain cells and led ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists at the University of Copenhagen uncover how overactive brain cells may trigger schizophrenia symptoms years after birth ...

Though it may seem like fiction, we may one day see computational hardware constructed from living human brain cells rather than traditional silicon. A biocomputer harnesses biologically derived ...

What previously required months or years of specialised lab work can now be done in hours or days thanks to its integrated ...