Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 116, No. 23 (June 4, 2019), pp. 11361-11369 (9 pages) Labile plasticity in a complex quantitative character is ...

The establishment of a given phenotype is only one expression from a range of hidden developmental possibilities. Developmental plasticity at hidden reaction norms might elicit phenotypic ...

A single microscopic change in our DNA can permanently alter how the brain is built, locking in developmental problems that ...

Postnatal development of the brain after birth is characterized by temporary, function-specific windows of high plasticity (critical or sensitive periods). During these phases, certain areas of the ...

Researchers have now uncovered their crucial role in closing the period of brain plasticity that follows birth, finding them to be key to the development of sensory and cognitive faculties. Over the ...

Brain development does not occur uniformly across the brain, but follows a newly identified developmental sequence, according to a new study. Brain regions that support cognitive, social, and ...

Brain development does not occur uniformly across the brain, but follows a newly identified developmental sequence, according to a new Penn Medicine study. Brain regions that support cognitive, social ...

Young minds are easily molded. Each new experience rewires a child's brain circuitry, adding and removing synaptic ...

Astrocytes are cells in the brain which have long been considered only as mere support cells for neurons. In recent years, the study of astrocytes has grown, gradually revealing their importance in ...