Researchers mapped early brain growth from mid-pregnancy to the first month after birth and found signs that sex-linked differences emerge surprisingly early.

By Dr. Liji Thomas, MD By seamlessly tracking brain growth from the womb into early life, researchers uncover when key brain regions surge and how subtle sex differences emerge before birth. Study: ...

How can events that occurred before our birth shape our behaviors decades later? Recent research explores this link between prenatal alcohol exposure and a tendency to drink more and ...

The discoery, researchers said, may lead to new ways to help prevent Alzheimer’s disease in women at higher risk.

The public debate on cannabis is dominated by a tone of normalization—less stigmatization, more freedom of choice. The ...

New research using rhesus monkeys suggests that the brain’s relationship with alcohol may begin forming long before a person ...

Stroke during pregnancy or shortly after delivery is rare, yet it can be life-threatening. Increased awareness and ...

Female brains have historically evolved to adapt to pregnancy, undergoing structural and functional changes. But the ...

Breakthrough AI foundation model called BrainIAC is able to predict brain age, dementia, time-to-stroke, and brain cancer ...

The brains of humans and other mammals contain a vast array of neuronal and non-neuronal cell types. The human capacity to process information into complex emotions, behaviours and decisions relies on ...