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 ...

How does the neural tube close? A new study uses physics-based modeling to reveal the actin "purse-string" mechanism and cellular coordination that prevents spina bifida.

(Willie B. Thomas/DigitalVision/Getty Images) A long-term study of more than 11,000 children and teens has linked ...

If you scroll through TikTok or Instagram long enough, you’ll inevitably stumble across the line: “Your frontal lobe isn’t fully developed yet.” It’s become neuroscience’s go-to explanation for bad ...

Scientists at UCLA have created one of the first cellular-resolution molecular maps detailing how Down syndrome alters human ...

Teenagers who started using weed had slower gains in thinking and memory skills as they grew, researchers report today in the ...

Neurodevelopmental conditions like autism and ADHD disproportionately affect males, with some estimating boys are four times as likely to be diagnosed as girls. Theories suggest this gender gap may be ...

In 2012, a rare weather event occurred off the Eastern Coast of the US. A hurricane, a cold air mass, and the gravitational pull of a full moon came together to create what meteorologists would later ...