Brain’s Immune System May Be Key to Better Treatments for Psychiatric Disorders
Researchers investigate how synaptic pruning occurs during development in hopes of discovering how neurodevelopmental and psychiatric disorders occur.... Read More...
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Neurons Continue to Migrate After Birth
Researchers have identified a previously unknown stage of human brain development.... Read More...
The Adult Brain Prunes Branched Connections of New Neurons
New neurons in the adult brain have more in common with embryonic brains than scientist thought, a new study reports.... Read More...
Immune System Proteins Responsible for Fine Tuning and Reducing Motor Control
Researchers discover proteins that play an important role in the immune system may be responsible for fine tuning motor control during development and reducing motor function as we age.... Read More...
Questioning the Theory of How the Nervous System Trims Its Branches
According to a new study, the survival of axons in a developing embryo comes from cells in the body and not the axon itself.... Read More...
Surprising Data About Visual Connections in the Brain Revealed by ‘Brainbow’
A new study contradicts other research which indicates neurodevelopment weeds out most of the connections between retinal ganglion axons and target cells in the brain.... Read More...
Brain Connections May Explain Why Girls Mature Faster
The process of neural connection re-organization begins earlier in girls. Researchers believe this may explain why they mature faster during teenage years. ... Read More...