The human brain undergoes profound structural and functional changes throughout childhood and adolescence 1. Neuroimaging advances over the last 25 years have established reproducible patterns of ...

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“If you are always trying to be normal you may never know how amazing you can be.” –Maya Angelou There is a great body of evidence in neuroscience indicating that our individuality originates within ...

Researchers from Kyushu University discovered a previously unrecognized synaptic "hotspot" that forms during adolescence, challenging the long-held view that adolescent brain development was dominated ...

One of the challenges when studying brain development and disease is the limited access to live human brain tissue. Murine models have been extensively used to investigate brain development and ...

The human brain, our body’s most intricate organ, governs everything from vital functions to creative problem-solving. Recent studies have highlighted how targeted daily activities can significantly ...

The brain, like any other organ, responds to how it is used. Researchers studying cognitive aging have spent decades testing whether specific mental challenges can slow or offset the decline that ...

Becoming a father is great for a man’s brain health — starting when he first learns that a new child is expected, and then on ...