During brain development, neurons can regulate their movement until they reach their final destination thanks to a "molecular ...

An international team from the University of Cambridge, Caltech, and others published the findings in the journal Nature. An international research team has succeeded in creating a synthetic embryo ...

A signaling pathway best known for shaping the brain before birth also helps govern how adults learn, adapt, and persist in ...

Their findings, recently reported in the journal Nature, overturn longstanding assumptions in developmental biology and could change the way scientists think about treatments for a variety of ...

The embryonic receptor "Smoothened" regulates dopamine and acetylcholine timing to control learning and habit formation in ...

To stay in balance, the brain depends on two types of neurons: Excitatory neurons (in white), which increase activity, and inhibitory neurons (in black), which damp down signals. Scientists have now ...

The quail is a small, unassuming bird that glides rather than flies and prefers to hide under bushes than to perch on top of ...

Postdoctoral researcher Kamal Shokeen at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine studies how a key protein guides retinal ...

Study finds early-stage ectoderm cells are especially susceptible, raising questions about potential developmental risks ...

The young embryo may survive this exposure, but brain development may be altered to varying degrees. The study published today reveals for the first time that the harmful effects of alcohol on fetal ...