Researchers find marijuana use in teens tied to slower gains in memory, focus, and thinking skills.

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.

The College of Arts and Sciences' second Spotlight Symposium honors UB neurodevelopmental biologist Soo-Kyung Lee’s FOXG1 ...

Clinicians use electroencephalography (EEG) to assess brain activity in epilepsy and sleep pathologies, and this powerful ...

Over time, this simple habit begins to support multiple areas of brain development at once, often without adults even realising it. Here are six research-backed benefits of drawing for a child’s ...

Brain health isn't determined only by genetics or what happens later in life. A growing body of research shows that a range ...

Previous research has found that the human brain reaches maturity sometime in the 20s, but a new study suggests that it never stops developing. Neuroscientists at the University of Cambridge have ...

But from the perspective of neuroscience, reading is much more than just entertainment. This is especially true for children ...

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Group picture from the kick-off meeting of EPIADAPT. Prof. Tomohisa Toda (third from right) and his project at MPZPM were selected for a funding. The process of “epigenetic memory” in nerve cells ...

The amount of sugar in the brain plays a key role in governing the activity of the brain cells that make myelin, a study ...

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 ...