Models of how the brain changes over time could help researchers to understand how diseases affect the organ later in life.

Tiny human brain organoids survived for years outside the body, continued to mature, and even skipped ahead through stages of ...

A scientific team has shown that, under the right circumstances, 3D cell culture models of human brain tissue, known as ...

The human brain has four distinct turning points where its structure changes, according to a study published in the journal Nature Communications, demonstrating that brain development is not as linear ...

Yale School of Medicine (YSM) has been awarded a grant of nearly $25 million by the Aligning Research to Impact Autism (ARIA) ...

The human brain is often described as one of the most complex structures in biology, and much of its power comes from how ...

Scientists’ ability to recapitulate the human brain in a dish has always been hindered by the inability to model the full ...

When researchers at Lund University investigated how UM171, a molecule used to make blood stem cells multiply, works, they ...

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) affects every individual differently. Scientists have identified more than a thousand genes associated with ASD, yet no single gene accounts for most cases. This has ...

When a baby enters the world, their brain contains billions of neurons awaiting connection. The first 1,000 days of life, from conception to age two, represent a critical period where over 85% of ...

Researchers kept human brain organoids developing for over five years, revealing prolonged maturation that mirrors human ...

Neurodevelopment involves the brain's formation of systems responsible for learning, memory, social skills, and overall function. Critical neurodevelopmental processes such as neurogenesis, synaptic ...