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

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

Cambridge researchers have revealed a detailed picture of how the human brain grows from mid-pregnancy through the first ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

There’s this idea that something happens in the human brain when we turn 25. Suddenly, we can rent a car without fees. Make ...

The brain has five major structural phases during the human lifespan and doesn't reach adulthood until age 32, a new study suggests. Scientists determined that brain development is defined by four ...

For much of the 20th century, scientists believed that the adult human brain was largely fixed. According to this view, the ...

Pea-size clusters of human cells called brain organoids inspire both hope and fear. Experts are debating how scientists can responsibly use these bits of gray matter.

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 ...

Among the newly identified brain cell types were some in the neocortex and the striatum region, which controls movement and certain other functions. Scientists have reached a milestone in an ambitious ...