Evidence from behavioural neuroscience may help explain why some social media content is damaging for youngsters.

Early life stress may set the stage for long-term digestive problems by disrupting the gut-brain connection. Studies in both mice and thousands of children found links to symptoms like pain, ...

Early life stress may lead to digestive issues later in life, driven by changes in the gut and sympathetic nervous systems, ...

A newly discovered mechanism that protects nerve cells could have important implications for understanding and treating mental illness.

Early life stress can affect how the brain and gut work together and may lead to digestive problems later in life ...

The study contributes to a growing shift in medicine toward understanding health as a lifelong process shaped by early experiences.

A neuroimaging study in Italy found that patients with bipolar disorder reporting more adverse childhood experiences tended ...

Using brain scans and parent surveys, scientists discovered that infants in households struggling to make ends meet show delayed brain maturation. A mother's feeling of income insufficiency proved to ...

A new study suggests that growing up in poverty accelerates biological development. For adolescent girls, this early onset of ...

Examining brain plasticity and its implications for development, aging, and brain injury recovery.

New research suggests early stress may be linked with later gut issues like IBS and chronic constipation or diarrhea.