Genes contribute to normal individual variation in brain development ... results in many more synapses than remain in the adult brain. The reduction in synapses that happens as a person grows ...

The "optimal" group of 70-year-olds had more education, less cardiovascular risk, less white matter disease, thicker cortex, ...

Understanding how new neurons affect brain function throughout adulthood can offer new approaches to treating epilepsy and dementia.

The first 1,000 days of life, from conception to age two, represent a critical period where over 85% of adult brain volume develops. This window of opportunity shapes cognitive abilities ...

We found that new neurons in the adult brain are linked to reduced cognitive decline—particularly in verbal learning, or learning by listening to others. Researchers know that new neurons ...

Having ADHD as an adult can make it hard to focus ... researchers say people with the condition have differences in brain structure, function, and chemistry compared to those without it.

Excessive brain iron has been linked to poor cognitive performance, even in normal aging ... for reducing brain iron accumulation in older adults," said Valentinos Zachariou, Ph.D., an assistant ...

Your brain can still make new neurons when you're an adult. But how does the rare birth of these new neurons contribute to cognitive function? Neurons are the cells that govern brain function ...