In about one out of every 1,000 pregnancies, the neural tube, a key nervous system structure, fails to close properly.

(Willie B. Thomas/DigitalVision/Getty Images) A long-term study of more than 11,000 children and teens has linked ...

A UC San Diego study looked at marijuana use and cognitive development in more than 11,000 teenagers over the course of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Just as pediatricians use growth charts to monitor a child's height and weight, researchers have now created the first ...

If you scroll through TikTok or Instagram long enough, you’ll inevitably stumble across the line: “Your frontal lobe isn’t fully developed yet.” It’s become neuroscience’s go-to explanation for bad ...

Teenagers who started using weed had slower gains in thinking and memory skills as they grew, researchers report today in the ...

Researchers from University of California San Diego have found that teenagers who begin using cannabis show slower gains in ...

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The next surprise was that human organoids just kept growing. Mouse organoids were done with making neurons within nine days. Human organoids continued for 200 days, growing into 4-millimetre spheres ...

How does the neural tube close? A new study uses physics-based modeling to reveal the actin "purse-string" mechanism and cellular coordination that prevents spina bifida.

Scientists have created a super-map of the brain containing 30 million cells to trace the prenatal origins of diseases.

Summer vacations bring excitement for kids but often concern for parents later with issues like sleep problems, reduced ...