The environment in which children grow up can play a central role in their mental development and psychological well-being.

Newborn nerve cells must squeeze through crowded, narrow spaces—through dense tissue, past other cells, and between fibers—to reach the areas where they form neural circuits in the brain cortex. In a ...

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

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

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

New research suggests the foundations for reading success begin in toddlerhood. Learn how talking, reading, and word play can ...

Senescent "zombie" cells are essential architects required to build and maintain the brain's protective barriers.

Acumen exercised its option to develop, manufacture, & commercialize, on a global basis, up to two candidates for development in the treatment of AD.

Hundreds of genes have been linked to autism, yet the precise molecular and cellular mechanisms behind it remain largely unclear. A new study published in Nature, led by Gaia Novarino at the Institute ...

While there is no cure for Parkinson’s disease, an upcoming experiment offers hope to the more than 10 million people living with the disorder that a breakthrough may be on the horizon. A team of ...

Economic conditions at home and in the local community may play a significant role in children’s development, according to a ...

If you scroll through TikTok or Instagram long enough, you’ll inevitably stumble across the line: “Your frontal lobe isn’t fully developed yet.” It’s become neuroscience’s go-to explanation for bad ...