There's a lot going on in your baby's brain before age 5. Here's why experts call it a critical time for setting up a child's ...

"This is a stellar study, and there can be absolutely no doubt that exposure to chlorpyrifos damages children's brains," said ...

Parents have long intuitively known that music holds more than mere entertainment value for their little ones. Now, ...

Clinical has found that behavioral and emotional problems in children are linked to differences in the structure of brain ...

A clinical trial published Sept. 9 in Anesthesiology found no evidence that brief exposure to inhaled anesthesia harms brain development in infants and young children. Researchers from Seoul National ...

The human brain undergoes significant development during the final prenatal months and through the first year of life. And while scientists have begun to map the developmental trajectories of this ...

The Annie E. Casey Foundation is perhaps best known for its work helping America’s youth. Lisa Lawson, the president and CEO, has done extensive research into the development of teenagers. She joined ...

Summary: A new study suggests that autism may be linked to the rapid evolution of brain cell types unique to humans.

Magnetic resonance imaging often yields inconsistent results when assessing the brain’s structural characteristics in ...

A new study has found that children exposed to higher levels of air pollution in early and mid childhood have weaker connections between key brain regions. The findings highlight the potential impact ...

When we think of child abuse, physical violence or emotional cruelty often comes to mind first. However, the most common form of maltreatment is actually much quieter: neglect.

The most common type of brain tumor in children, pilocytic astrocytoma (PA), accounts for about 15% of all pediatric brain tumors.