Upon exposure to the chemical pair, the zebrafish embryos exhibited various brain abnormalities, such as the rostral shift in brain region markers (e.g., hoxb1a gene), duplication of key neurons ...

Brain development in the womb is affected by the mother’s level of exposure to air pollution, researchers have found, although it’s not clear whether the brain structure ...

The researchers focused on adolescence because it's a sensitive period for brain development. "Adolescents are vulnerable," said Cermakian. "Their internal clocks tend to run later than the rest of ...

The Brain Builders program, created by Dr. Quianta Moore of the Hackett Center for Mental Health, supports early childhood brain development by offering free online and in-person classes to ...

Journal reference: Li, Q., et al. (2025). Longitudinal associations between greenspace exposure, structural brain development, and mental health and academic performance during early adolescence.

The procedure took place on May 14 at the University of Michigan and was conducted in a person who was undergoing brain surgery to treat their epilepsy. The patient gave their consent for the ...

The Feihe Pediatric Brain Development Research Initiative at Boston Children’s Hospital, a Harvard Medical School Teaching Hospital aims to improve the outlook for children everywhere by gaining ...

A growing body of evidence suggests air pollution could affect brain development, educational attainment and mental health, contributing to depression, anxiety and conduct or attention problems.

Instead, the Skild Brain dynamically collects data in real time, much like a human’s brain is constantly gathering information. Then, it performs modeling and inferencing workloads simultaneously.

Cleanthis Michael, a U-M graduate student and the study’s first author, says the “findings indicate that earlier interventions may offer broader benefits for brain development.” ...

Children in the womb exposed to higher levels of fluoride later were more likely to experience temper tantrums, headaches, stomachaches, anxiety and symptoms linked to autism, a new study finds.