A new study published in Scientific Reports provides a detailed model of how the human brain develops during the transition ...

By Dr. Liji Thomas, MD By seamlessly tracking brain growth from the womb into early life, researchers uncover when key brain regions surge and how subtle sex differences emerge before birth. Study: ...

Researchers mapped early brain growth from mid-pregnancy to the first month after birth and found signs that sex-linked differences emerge surprisingly early.

Cambridge researchers have revealed a detailed picture of how the human brain grows from mid-pregnancy through the first ...

Brain scientists have long debated when, and how strongly, sex starts to shape the human brain. A growing body of imaging work now points to a clear answer: measurable differences in brain size and ...

The human brain undergoes one of the most accelerated stages of development before and immediately after birth, but this ...

Cells in the brain are categorized roughly into two; neurons and the others, namely, glial cells. It is essential for sound development of the brain that both neurons and glial cells develop in a ...

Researchers at University of Tsukuba have discovered that an immunosuppressive drug affects microglia, the resident immune ...