Neuroscience examines the structure and function of the human brain and nervous system. Neuroscientists use cellular and molecular biology, anatomy and physiology, human behavior and cognition ...

"It tells the body we're great here, we've got lots of food, so grow quickly ... have the complete wiring diagram for how it happens." Getty Images Pathways in the brain are key to human growth ...

The first surge in our brain size occurred between 2 million and 800,000 years ago, when our species' increase in territory and physical size caused our brains to literally grow. As the climate ...

Mutations in these genes, they said, could interfere with the growth of the young brain, leading to autism. “These programs of gene expression became active when young neurons were still migrating ...