In about one out of every 1,000 pregnancies, the neural tube, a key nervous system structure, fails to close properly.

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

Researchers from the Paris Brain Institute and Sainte-Justine University Hospital in Montreal have, for the first time, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Just as pediatricians use growth charts to monitor a child's height and weight, researchers have now created the first ...

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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 ...

(Willie B. Thomas/DigitalVision/Getty Images) A long-term study of more than 11,000 children and teens has linked ...

Researchers from University of California San Diego have found that teenagers who begin using cannabis show slower gains in ...

Teenagers who started using weed had slower gains in thinking and memory skills as they grew, researchers report today in the ...

Scientists have created a super-map of the brain containing 30 million cells to trace the prenatal origins of diseases.

Summer vacations bring excitement for kids but often concern for parents later with issues like sleep problems, reduced ...

If you’re eating to support your brain, fish deserves a regular spot in your meal rotation. And the best part is that only a ...