Learn the new science of brain development and discover the importance of connections and learning for ongoing brain health.

A recent study from Oregon Health and Science University found common air pollutants can alter adolescent brain development.

Children whose mothers had higher vitamin D levels during pregnancy scored better on tests of memory, attention and problem-solving skills at ages 7 to 12 compared with those whose mothers had lower ...

The process of “epigenetic memory” in nerve cells plays a key role in learning ability, memory function, and healthy brain ...

The way the brain develops can shape us throughout our lives, so neuroscientists are intensely curious about how it happens.

Alabama lawmakers are considering new limits on screen use for the state’s youngest learners. The bill known as the Healthy ...

SDG 3 - Good health and wellbeing. This Collection welcomes original research articles that aim to unravel the earliest mechanisms and their timing in healthy brain development and in newborn / ...

A team of scientists led by the Institute for Glial Sciences (IGS) at Case Western Reserve University’s School of Medicine has discovered a built-in “brake” that controls when key brain cells mature.

The maternal microbiome and immune system have both independent and synergistic effects on fetal brain health—changes in the ...

Disrupting maternal gut-immune axis perturbed immune networks in developing mouse brains, revealing potential mechanisms underlying neurodevelopmental disorders.