Brain scientists have long debated when, and how strongly, sex starts to shape the human brain. A growing body of imaging ...

A new study published in Scientific Reports provides a detailed model of how the human brain develops during the transition ...

By Dr. Liji Thomas, MD By seamlessly tracking brain growth from the womb into early life, researchers uncover when key brain regions surge and how subtle sex differences emerge before birth. Study: ...

Researchers mapped early brain growth from mid-pregnancy to the first month after birth and found signs that sex-linked differences emerge surprisingly early.

Researchers have settled a long-running debate by identifying that sex differences in brain growth are apparent from mid-pregnancy onwards. Scientists at the University of Cambridge’s Autism Research ...

(CN) — Hormones in the womb may hold hidden clues to why humans evolved with bigger brains and better social skills than our ancient ancestors. Scientists from the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford ...

Every year, around 15 million babies worldwide are born before 37 weeks of gestation. Being born preterm can disrupt development, and earlier births increase the risk of life-changing health outcomes.

Alcohol exposure before birth may quietly set the brain on a path toward risky drinking decades later.