Researchers now suggest that the human brain goes through five distinct phases of development over the course of a lifetime.

1. Childhood, from birth to age 9, during which time the brain is continually pruning away haphazardly created synaptic connections forged as early learning, unlearning and relearning chaotically ...

Imagine if keeping your brain in top shape was as routine as brushing your teeth in the morning or exercising before work. Brain health is more than simply the absence of disease; it is the state of ...

Scientists have discovered that the adolescent brain does more than prune old connections. During the teen years, it actively ...

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 ...

A new study maps how prenatal stress alters immune signalling in the developing brain at a level of detail not seen before ...

Research at Karlstad University shows that exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals and adverse life events during ...