Adolescence is a sensitive period for brain development and mental health, though the connection between the two is not fully ...

Scientists have debated for decades whether the human brain sprouts new neurons throughout life. What would it mean if it could — and how much evidence is enough?

The Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded Monday to a Boston native and two other scientists working on the mechanisms the ...

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Three-phase, 36-month award aims to extend BrainEx perfusion from 24 hours to up to two weeks, enabling longitudinal studies of human brain biology and therapeutic responses - NEW HAVEN, Conn., Oct.

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Reading draws on brain systems involved in language and imagination. Studies are exploring how it relates to wellbeing and ...

The human body begins with a single fertilized egg formed by the meeting of a sperm and an egg. As the fertilized egg ...

In 2019, scientists unveiled the first observations of how the skull and brain develop in the living coelacanth, Latimeria ...

A recent brain imaging study reveals that the reward system is hyper-connected to other social networks in autistic ...