A new study reveals that the thalamus, long overshadowed by the cortex and hippocampus, plays a crucial role in shaping and ...

Our earliest years are a time of rapid learning, yet we typically cannot recall specific experiences from that period -- a ...

A new study has found that children exposed to higher levels of air pollution in early and mid childhood have weaker connections between key brain regions. The findings highlight the potential impact ...

The findings suggest that the human brain is neither completely pre-wired nor a blank slate, but rather a dynamic system.

The Role of Brain Plasticity . Interestingly, another recent study from the same team explored changes in brain volume in relation to pollution exposure during pregnancy and early ...

Years ago, as a neurology resident, Chinfei Chen, MD, Ph.D., cared for a 20-year-old woman who had experienced a very small ...

"That's the period of by far the greatest plasticity across your whole life ... There's a reason we don't know much about infant memories. One of the best ways to look deep in the brain is with an ...

Using in-vitro models of a specific type of brain cell, scientists have demonstrated that neurons can transform from one type ...

A new study reveals that inflammation during pregnancy may impair neurodevelopment in infants by reducing CD11c-positive microglia—key immune cells that support brain myelination.

A new study published in Science this week challenges assumptions about infant memory, showing that young minds do indeed ...

"That's the period of by far the greatest plasticity across ... a reason we don't know much about infant memories. One of the best ways to look deep in the brain is with an fMRI (functional ...