New research finds that brain development is not linear. There are distinct phases with unique characteristics.

The human brain has four distinct turning points where its structure changes, according to a study published in the journal ...

By contrast, glial cells seemed to be electrically silent and were dismissed as dull by most researchers. Some glia, called ...

Eggs have long been celebrated as a nutritious staple, but the rich, golden center, called the yolk, holds a unique profile ...

The brain works tirelessly to help us think, remember, decide, and feel. Neuroscience suggests that the overall ‘fitness’ of ...

Adolescents often sleep less than recommended and have substantially different sleep patterns on weekdays and weekends. Their mismatch in sleep timing between school and free days, known as social jet ...

Microscopic fibers secretly shape how every organ in the body works, yet they’ve been notoriously hard to study—until now. A ...

The human brain is anything but static, shifting neural activity depending on time of day. In A Nutshell Scientists mapped ...

ADHD is associated with measurable differences in brain structure and neurotransmitter activity. This includes altered ...

Scientists uncovered a surprising four-layer structure hidden inside the hippocampal CA1 region, one of the brain’s major centers for memory, navigation, and emotion. Using advanced RNA imaging ...

The long-held belief that brain structure is fixed early in life has largely given way to the well-established concept of ...

Normal aging is characterized by deficits in the cognitive domains of learning, memory and executive function. Specifically, there are age-related changes in recall of information, speed of processing ...