A new study found that the leading environmental factor influencing brain structure and function is the socioeconomic status ...

At birth, the brain is far from fully developed. Neural connections are formed at a rapid pace during the first weeks of life, and blood vessels—which supply oxygen and nutrients to nerve cells—follow ...

Could signs of future depression be traced back to early childhood brain development? A Singapore study analysing more than ...

Family finances and opportunities in a child’s neighborhood account for about 16% of the variability in kids’ brain function ...

Scientists are discovering that our tendency to develop certain phobias might be written in our DNA before we even encounter the things that terrify us. Evidence from twin studies suggests that ...

A team of researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Texas Children's Hospital, and collaborating institutions reveals in the journal Nature a novel mechanism ...

A child's family income and the neighborhood they grow up in may play a much bigger role in brain development than previously ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising link between gut microbes, and brain development—offering new clues about ADHD, autism ...

Houston Methodist neuroscientists have developed a first-of-its-kind method to rapidly produce synchronized, human brain wave-like activity in lab-grown neural networks that can communicate over long ...

Among the body's most crucial protective features are the brain barrier systems, including the blood-brain and blood-cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) barriers. These barriers are made of highly specialized ...

Since their beginnings, psychiatry, clinical psychology, and psychotherapy have all assumed that psychological and emotional distress has its origins inside isolated individuals: dysfunctional ...