For decades, large stretches of human DNA were dismissed as "junk" and considered to serve no real purpose. In a new study published in Cell Genomics, researchers at Lund University in Sweden show ...

Recent groundbreaking research has provided unprecedented insights into the earliest stages of human brain ...

Miniature models of the brain have revealed a "previously unappreciated" role of microglia, a type of cell found within the ...

New research links an ancient DNA sequence to neuron growth, brain-cell balance, and a cognitive flexibility trait that may ...

Researchers have now discovered that HAR123, a regulatory gene sequence, is an important factor in human brain development.

While the process via which different types of neurons are produced, also known as neurogenesis, has been the focus of ...

Biomedical engineers have achieved a major breakthrough in organoid research, pushing us closer to a new era of neurophysiological analysis and treatments. A team at Johns Hopkins University has ...

While there is a vast amount of information about the human brain and how it develops and works, much of the organ is still ...

For decades, large stretches of human DNA were dismissed as “junk,” thought to serve no real purpose. In a new study in Cell ...

In a groundbreaking leap forward for technology, Cortical Labs has unveiled the CL1, the world’s first commercial biological ...

New research reveals that lithium helps protect against neurodegeneration and Alzheimer's disease by preventing toxic amyloid ...

Find out how prenatal chlorpyrifos exposure alters brain development and motor skills in children. Keep reading for details.