About 1 in 5 U.S. women experience maternal mental health conditions, and chronic stress during pregnancy can increase the ...

For generations, women have been told that the forgetfulness, emotional shifts, sensory changes, and altered sense of self ...

Cell-based models of the human cortex transplanted into mice produce neurons that are inaccessible in vitro, and could enable scientists to link brain injury to behaviour.

A recent study suggests that the human brain emerges from two separate organs, a discovery that may impact future treatments ...

Was the brain a single mechanism from the beginning?We usually think of the brain as a single organ.This is because the brain, with its various functions such as thinking, remembering, speaking, ...

A 165-million-year-old fossil has revealed an extraordinary Jurassic predator that may help explain how mammals developed one ...

VIB researchers have developed a new human stem-cell-based model that recreates an early stage of immune-cell development and ...

Scientists have debated for decades whether the human brain sprouts new neurons throughout life. What would it mean if it could — and how much evidence is enough?

Researchers hope to shed light on conditions such as schizophrenia, epilepsy, cerebral palsy, intellectual disability and rare forms of dementia ...

Health Wrap Episode 54 covers the 2026 Nobel Prize, optogenetics, xenocortication, and barriers to healthcare access due to ...

Paternity leave and a father’s engagement during infancy is associated with better cognitive, social, and emotional ...

Three-phase, 36-month award aims to extend BrainEx perfusion from 24 hours to up to two weeks, enabling longitudinal studies of human brain biology and therapeutic responses - NEW HAVEN, Conn., Oct.