A sweeping genetic screen reveals how the brain is built and exposes a hidden gene behind a newly discovered childhood brain ...

A new study maps how prenatal stress alters immune signalling in the developing brain at a level of detail not seen before ...

A large genetic screen has revealed how stem cells transform into brain cells, exposing hundreds of genes that make this ...

Explore how stressors during pregnancy influence foetal brain development and the impact on future neurodevelopmental ...

The maternal microbiome and immune system have both independent and synergistic effects on fetal brain health—changes in the ...

Maternal gut–immune stress shapes fetal brain development differently in males and females, revealing sex-specific pathways ...

Scientists have created the most detailed maps yet of how our brains differentiate from stem cells during embryonic development and early life. In a Nature collection including five papers published ...

Disrupting maternal gut-immune axis perturbed immune networks in developing mouse brains, revealing potential mechanisms underlying neurodevelopmental disorders.

Recent research has shed light on how "selfish DNA," particularly LINE-1 transposons, plays a key role in early human development. Once viewed primarily as harmful, these elements have now been found ...

During development, the embryonic brain generates vast numbers of immature neurons, which migrate away from their birthplace, sometimes over long distances. Once they reach their final destination, ...

BEIJING -- Chinese researchers have developed an in vivo embryonic mouse intrauterine imaging technique, which has elucidated the dynamic process of brain development in embryonic mice in vivo, the ...