Scientists have long known that the human brain continues developing well beyond the teenage years, with important changes ...

Child and adolescent development spans rapid and interlinked changes in physical growth, cognitive capacities and social and emotional skills from infancy through the teenage years. In physical terms, ...

Researchers from Kyushu University discovered a previously unrecognized synaptic "hotspot" that forms during adolescence, challenging the long-held view that adolescent brain development was dominated ...

Utilizing precise murine models, the scientists unmasked that specialized, protective lattice structures called perineuronal ...

During puberty, teens experience many changes in their bodies and hormones that can affect growth over the next several years ...

Human growth hormone is important in many aspects of growth and development. For children living with growth hormone deficiency, it can involve more than just physical growth differences. Cognitive ...