A largely overlooked structure inside our cells may play a crucial role in how the brain forms, offering new insight into developmental disorders and potential therapies.

The primary cilium acts as a specialized protein factory essential for brain development and linked to Filippi syndrome.

Fortunately, the brain has developed structures that assist in these complicated tasks. The following descriptions give examples of some of the key structures in the brain and, although it might ...

Neurodevelopment involves the brain's formation of systems responsible for learning, memory, social skills, and overall function. Critical neurodevelopmental processes such as neurogenesis, synaptic ...

A new method uses label-free imaging and AI to quantify axons and myelin in human brain tissue, offering insights into white ...

Researchers have created a new mathematical method for analyzing standard brain scans to predict the onset of Alzheimer’s ...

People with high levels of psychopathic tendencies are often incapable of feeling empathy for other people. From a brain ...

THE HUMAN brain—the enigmatic organ of thought—is the most intricate object in the universe, a tangled orchestra of hundreds of billions of cells generating precise electrical impulses that make up a ...

Scientists reveal that the brain shows gender differences before birth, challenging what was previously known about human ...

My last article focused, oddly enough…on focus—namely, how to help gifted students who are easily distracted by outside stimuli. Those of you with easily distracted students or children of your own ...