Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai report that early-life exposure to common environmental metals may ...

Adolescence is widely thought to be a time when the brain trims away excess neural connections, refining circuits through synaptic pruning. New research now suggests this view may be incomplete.

Researchers used baby teeth to prove that environmental metal exposure during specific weeks of infancy predicts adolescent ...

Researchers from the City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate Center and Queens College suggest that building strong ...

Scientists mapped human brain development in Down syndrome at a cellular level, discovering that stem cells "rush" to become ...

Scientists at UCLA have created one of the first cellular-resolution molecular maps detailing how Down syndrome alters human brain development before birth—a resource that resolves longstanding ...

What’s going on in your teen’s brain? Are they going to be okay? Parental influence is crucial to systems that shape lifelong ...

Scientists reveal that the brain shows gender differences before birth, challenging what was previously known about human ...

A UC San Diego study looked at marijuana use and cognitive development in more than 11,000 teenagers over the course of ...

A new report is highlighting the strength of early childhood education in Arkansas, showing the state meets 8 out of 10 ...

A study of more than 11,000 teens finds cannabis use tied to slower gains in memory, focus and thinking speed as well as ...