A breakthrough study revealed a primitive brain region that acts as a built-in filter to block out a noisy world.

A new study published in Nature Communications provides direct evidence that antidepressant use during pregnancy can impact a child's brain development and contribute to the risk of mental health ...

Before the prefrontal cortex evolved, another system in the brain may already have been directing attention, scientists have ...

This schematic outlines their analytical framework. The approach involves creating a validated developmental atlas of the dorsal prefrontal cortex from structural connectivity, then using these ...

Young adults who turn to alcohol as a stress reliever may be setting up lasting damage to brain regions that govern memory, ...