The cerebral cortex, the brain's outermost region responsible for higher cognitive functions, depends on a highly ordered, ...

Researchers discover that the RNA surveillance system NMD and the protein UPF2 are essential for guiding neuronal migration and forming the brain's layered cortex.

CDKL5, one of the five members of the CDKL family of genes, is important for proper neurodevelopment and associated with seizures. However, the role the other four members of this family play in ...

Researchers review the future of schizophrenia treatment, highlighting TAAR1 agonists, NMDA enhancers, and the gut-brain axis ...

Researchers have found that the severity of autism symptoms, rather than the diagnosis itself, is linked to patterns of brain connectivity associated with genes connected to autism and ADHD.

Years ago, as a neurology resident, Chinfei Chen, MD, Ph.D., cared for a 20-year-old woman who had experienced a very small stroke, affecting only the thalamus. "It was so tiny that she wouldn't have ...

Brian Lee, PhD, associate professor of epidemiology at the Dornsife School of Public Health, received a 5-year National Institutes of Health (NIH) R01 grant of $4M to study possible links between ...

Ongoing research finds that maternal vaccination for COVID-19 appears to have no significant effect on prenatal neurodevelopment.

Marvel Biosciences Corp. (TSXV: MRVL) (OTCQB: MBCOF), is pleased to announce that it is receiving advisory services and funding from the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research ...

Anavex Life Sciences Corp. (“Anavex” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: AVXL), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing innovative treatments for Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's ...

Scottish children with multiple neurodevelopmental conditions experience greater school absenteeism and exclusion, poorer exam attainment and increased unemployment, according to a study. Scottish ...