Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory postdoc Stan Kerstjens and colleagues have devised a new theory for how the brain organizes itself during development. Their model suggests that cells sharing the ...

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Neuroscientists propose a new theory of brain development where cells organize based on lineage rather than long-range signals.

For years, we were told that growing new brain cells in adulthood was impossible. Once the brain matured, that was it. No going back, and that you will only slowly lose memory. But science has proven ...

How does a single cell reliably build one of the most complex structures known in nature? New research suggests the answer ...

Brain growth and maturation doesn't progress in a linear, stepwise fashion. Instead, it's a dynamic, choreographed sequence that shifts in response to genetics and external stimuli like sight and ...