Researchers have developed a new method to study the developing human brain by growing human brain tissue inside the skulls ...

A study of 225 newborns suggests prenatal estrogen may have played a role in the evolution of larger human brains. Boys with finger-length patterns linked to higher estrogen exposure before birth ...

The Deaf Studies program at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development combines the advantages of a large research institution with a close-knit, Deaf-centered community. Our ...

Findings published in Cell and Science uncover metabolic and physical cues that influence which cell types radial glia produce in the developing human cortex In two new studies, UCLA researchers used ...

UCLA researchers have discovered two powerful influences that help guide how the human brain forms before birth. Radial glia, stem cells responsible for producing much of the cerebral cortex, change ...