brain development

Wartime Trauma Impaired Empathy in Mothers of Small Children, Impacting Parenting

The U.N. estimates that over half a billion children around the world are growing up under traumatic circumstances caused by... Read More

Evidence Links Abnormally Formed Proteins With Schizophrenia Pathology in Some Patients

Abnormally formed proteins may be involved in the pathology that causes schizophrenia in a subset of patients, new research suggests... Read More

Some Pathologies in Autism are Traced to Stem Cells in the Developing Brain

Evidence continues to mount that some and perhaps many of the biological abnormalities that underlie autism spectrum disorder (ASD) begin... Read More

The Brain Continues to Develop in Young People With Schizophrenia

A research team has discovered something important—and encouraging—about what happens to the brain in the period immediately following the onset... Read More