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

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 ...

The teenage brain isn’t just trimming connections—it’s secretly building powerful new neural hotspots that may shape the mind ...

Although Neanderthals and modern humans had similar brain sizes, their brains developed in distinct ways. This examines genetic and cellular research showing differences in neural stem cell division ...

In a new study, researchers discovered that the human brain has four pivotal periods when it goes through marked changes, sparking five "epochs" that last for years. The adolescent phase, for example, ...

By editing thousands of genes in mouse stem cells, the scientists identified a list of over 300 that are crucial for neural differentiation.

An international research team identified hundreds of genes essential for the development of brain cells, including one gene ...