Scientists have long known that the human brain continues developing well beyond the teenage years, with important changes ...

For most moms and dads, as their child begins the 10- to 12-year coming-of-age passage, the growing transformation we call adolescence (usually beginning around ages 9 to 13), parenting becomes more ...

Utilizing precise murine models, the scientists unmasked that specialized, protective lattice structures called perineuronal ...

Adolescence, the life stage that marks the transition between childhood and adulthood, is known to be a vital period for the brain's development. During this critical phase, people's mental abilities, ...

Child and adolescent development spans rapid and interlinked changes in physical growth, cognitive capacities and social and emotional skills from infancy through the teenage years. In physical terms, ...

This study moves beyond static, cross-sectional associations between genetic risk and brain structure to identify when genetic risk begins to shape neurodevelopmental trajectories, providing some of ...

Repeated alcohol intoxication or exposure to stress appears to change how adolescent brains respond to danger. These changes ...

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Perineuronal nets stabilize memory circuits and diminish during late adolescence before rebuilding in adulthood.

Mouse study sheds new light on how memory circuits mature. BRONX, N.Y., July 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Scientists have long ...