Neurodevelopment involves the brain's formation of systems responsible for learning, memory, social skills, and overall function. Critical neurodevelopmental processes such as neurogenesis, synaptic ...

A study in mice has discovered that the presence of Bifidobacterium breve bacteria in the mother's gut during pregnancy promotes healthy brain development in the fetus. The fetal brain development of ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: “We need to study models with human cells if you want to understand neurodevelopmental disorders or neuropsychiatric disorders, but I can’t ask a ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: In recent years, organoids—self-assembling cells developed from stem cells—have provided scientists ways to investigate diseases and disorders in the ...