Heavy cannabis use during pregnancy negatively affects fetal brain development and these effects persist into adulthood. | ...

A new McGill University study from the Douglas Research Centre provides biological evidence that heavy cannabis use during pregnancy may cause lasting delays in fetal brain development. Using advanced ...

A team of researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Yale University School of Medicine has created the first "multiome" atlas of brain cell development in the human cerebral ...

Even gradual, moderate increases in blood pressure starting in early adulthood are associated with changes in the brain by middle age that can increase the risk for cognitive deficits and dementia, a ...

The number of educational opportunities that children accrue as they mature is strongly linked to their educational attainment and earnings in early adulthood, according to new research led by ...

(CNN) — The human genome is made up of 23 pairs of chromosomes, the biological blueprints that make humans … well, human. But it turns out that some of our DNA — about 8% — are the remnants of ancient ...

Studying embryogenesis is key to unraveling the mysteries of early life. luismmolina/iStock via Getty Images Plus Embryonic development, also known as embryogenesis, is a cornerstone in understanding ...

Before a person is even born, the brain has undergone intense expansion and growth in its complexity. This dramatic development continues into the first years of childhood. After an early boom period, ...

The College of Education & Human Development has introduced a new undergraduate course, HDFS 205: Stress Management in Adulthood, as part of its ongoing efforts to equip students with research-based, ...