For the first time, clumps of human cells called organoids were fully integrated with the brains of rats—and influenced their ...

The human brain's soft folds and ridges, arising in early development and continuing through the first 18 months of life, are ...

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have characterized how cellular senescence—a biological process in ...

Researchers now suggest that the human brain goes through five distinct phases of development over the course of a lifetime.

Lifelong plasticity is a core principle of neuroscience, yet it operates within real limits shaped by effort, stress and ...

1. Childhood, from birth to age 9, during which time the brain is continually pruning away haphazardly created synaptic connections forged as early learning, unlearning and relearning chaotically ...

Scientists denounced the move, arguing that fetal tissue is crucial for understanding human development and diseases.

Fueled by advances in biomarkers, brain mapping, and AI, investment in neuro and CNS innovation shows no signs of slowing, ...

Gabby Voit at UWM studies zebrafish embryonic development to gain insights into human brain development and genetic mutations related to fertility issues. Her research could help understand ...

Good pregnancy outcomes begin before conception. A gynaecologist explains why complete nutrition prior to pregnancy is ...

Alzheimer's disease has long been thought to be irreversible, but new research using a mouse model offers hope.

NIH ends funding for fetal tissue from elective abortions. Scientists say critical research on HIV, cancer and brain ...