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

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

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

How does the neural tube close? A new study uses physics-based modeling to reveal the actin "purse-string" mechanism and cellular coordination that prevents spina bifida.

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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 ...

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

A study suggesting that the human brain enters a stable phase around age 32 has people in their 20s feeling validated. University of Cambridge neuroscientists released their research results on ...

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

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

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 ...

Neuroscience reveals the brain is shaped through relationships—not in isolation—challenging individualistic psychiatry and ...