Professor Ciara McCabe, a neuroscience and mental health expert, revealed the shocking effect excessive social media and ...

A new study published in Psychological Medicine sheds light on how childhood adversities, such as abuse and neglect, can affect brain development, even in children who do not show signs of psychiatric ...

The human brain's remarkably prolonged development is unique among mammals and is thought to contribute to our advanced ...

UCLA researchers have developed a detailed map of brain development, focusing on DNA modification in the hippocampus and ...

Researchers investigate chromatin conformational and epigenomic reorganization during the development of the prefrontal ...

The disruption of abnormal activity in the gut microbiome may increase our risk for neurological disease, research suggests.

A new study has created a map of DNA modification in two regions of the brain critical to learning, memory and emotional regulation. The map offers a benchmark for ensuring stem cell-based models ...

Researchers suggest findings could help to pinpoint cell types most vulnerable to conditions such as schizophrenia, and ...

Given the malleability of the adolescent brain to environmental stimuli, exposure to psychotropic drugs during this developmental period can have unexpected short-term and enduring neural ...

Researchers suggest that moderate coffee intake during pregnancy is unlikely to significantly impact a child's brain development.