Learn the new science of brain development and discover the importance of connections and learning for ongoing brain health.

Brain development does not end at 25 but continues into the early 30s as neural networks become more efficient and ...

A new study from Northwestern University is reshaping how scientists think about brain evolution. The research suggests that ...

The way the brain develops can shape us throughout our lives, so neuroscientists are intensely curious about how it happens.

Scientists have discovered that the adolescent brain does more than prune old connections. During the teen years, it actively ...

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 ...

A new study maps how prenatal stress alters immune signalling in the developing brain at a level of detail not seen before ...

The maternal microbiome and immune system have both independent and synergistic effects on fetal brain health—changes in the ...

New research reveals that certain brain tumors may originate silently within normal brain cells long before a tumor forms.

Research led by the SickKids Research Institute in Toronto and the University of Pennsylvania, has found that immune-related ...

A recent study from Oregon Health and Science University found common air pollutants can alter adolescent brain development.

Dr Pritchard explains: “Diabetes damages the blood vessels within the brain, making them leakier and reducing the amount of ...