New research reveals that certain brain tumors may originate silently within normal brain cells long before a tumor forms.

Medically reviewed by Leigh Weddle, PharmD Omega-3s support brain development and may protect against cognitive decline and ...

Among the newly identified brain cell types were some in the neocortex and the striatum region, which controls movement and certain other functions. Scientists have reached a milestone in an ambitious ...

A large genetic screen has revealed how stem cells transform into brain cells, exposing hundreds of genes that make this ...

The most common type of brain tumor in children, pilocytic astrocytoma (PA), accounts for about 15% of all pediatric brain tumors. Although this type of tumor is usually not life-threatening, the ...

Neurons grown from stem cells in the lab form an interconnected network. In this study, researchers used CRISPR to switch off genes in stem cells and then followed how successfully the cells developed ...

Gain hands-on experience studying how a single gene can affect brain development and contribute to disorders such as FOXG1 syndrome, autism spectrum disorders, and other neurodevelopmental disorders.

Medically reviewed by Elizabeth Barnes, RDN Your brain is one of the most energy-hungry organs in your body, relying on a ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Scientists have reached a milestone in an ambitious initiative to chart how the many types of brain cells emerge and mature from the earliest embryonic and fetal stages until ...