Previous research has found that the human brain reaches maturity sometime in the 20s, but a new study suggests that it never stops developing. Neuroscientists at the University of Cambridge have ...

Researchers from the Paris Brain Institute and Sainte-Justine University Hospital in Montreal have, for the first time, ...

The brain goes through five distinct stages between birth and death, a new study shows. Scientists identified the average ages—9, 32, 66 and 83—when the pattern of connections inside our brains shift.

The hippocampus follows a "tabula plena" model, starting with dense, random connections that are pruned into an efficient ...

A study suggesting that the human brain enters a stable phase around age 32 has people in their 20s feeling validated. University of Cambridge neuroscientists released their research results on ...

In about one out of every 1,000 pregnancies, the neural tube, a key nervous system structure, fails to close properly.

A new scientific statement highlights how mental health, sleep, and the gut microbiome shape brain health from childhood ...

Brain health isn't determined only by genetics or what happens later in life. A growing body of research shows that a range ...

Imagine if keeping your brain in top shape was as routine as brushing your teeth in the morning or exercising before work. Brain health is more than simply the absence of disease; it is the state of ...