A chronological map of the fetal brain reveals when key cells emerge and provides clues about autism and cancer.

Study maps five major eras of brain wiring from birth to old age, revealing the key turning points that shape how we learn, ...

For decades, scientists have mapped attention, memory, language, and reasoning to separate brain networks — yet one big mystery remained: why does the mind feel like a single, unified system?

Growing neurons rely on chemical cues to find their targets, but new research shows that the brain’s physical properties help ...

A new study reveals that astrocytes—star-shaped support cells traditionally viewed as passive partners of neurons—play a ...

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory postdoc Stan Kerstjens and colleagues have devised a new theory for how the brain organizes ...

Teenagers who don’t read books risk as much damage to their cognitive development as their peers who take “harmful substances”, according to academic and ­author Sophie Gee.

The Comprehensive Post Acute Specialty Service — known as COMPASS — will operate out of the university’s Welcome Center, in a ...

Schizophrenia risk may reflect two brain pathways with different cortical and subcortical balance. Early language learning ...

Increasing our level of physical fitness leads to a bigger release of brain-boosting proteins following one session of exercise, finds a new study led by a UCL researcher. The study, published in ...

Doctors often advise exercising your brain to stay sharp but stretching your brain might be the better description.

New research suggests that super-agers generate twice as many neurons as typical older adults. But you don't have to be a ...