In a fruit fly in which the signaling of a steroid hormone was blocked in experiments at the University of Oregon, glial cells (magenta) no longer needed at a particular stage of brain developments ...

The human brain goes through five major stages of development in its lifetime, each bringing "distinctive age-related changes", scientists have identified. Data shows there is a "non-linear change ...

Cambridge neuroscientists discover five distinct stages of brain development from birth to 90, revealing key turning points ...

In a new study, researchers discovered that the human brain has four pivotal periods when it goes through marked changes, sparking five "epochs" that last for years. The adolescent phase, for example, ...