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 ...

Decades of research show that early psychosocial stress, including chronic exposure to adversity, can shape how a child's ...

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 ...

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

Before COVID, American teenagers’ psychological health was already in decline. The pandemic, with its sudden lockdowns, school closures and other jolts to normal life, made that downward slope steeper ...

A large-scale international study, led by researchers from the Gray Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences at Tel Aviv ...

When a person suffers a stroke, physicians must restore blood flow to the brain as quickly as possible to save their life.

Adderall, Ritalin and other stimulants prescribed for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder seem to work on brain areas ...

In utero SARS-CoV-2 exposure may predispose children to altered brain volumes, impaired cognition, and internalizing ...

In the U.S., hunger is often hidden away. It looks nothing like the stereotype of a famine happening overseas. But the ...