Although the study was performed on animals, the researchers say their findings likely apply in some measure to other mammals, including humans

Structural, functional, and neurophysiological comparisons between us and macaque monkeys show that this difficulty in stopping reactive responses is similar in our primate counterparts

Using fruit flies, a Rockefeller team has gained key insight into how nature's attempts at innovation play out during the development of sperm

New research has discovered a group of cells that are activated by oxytocin in one area of female mouse brains that are not present in the same area in male mouse brains

Recent study sheds new light on how our epigenetics can regulate genes, some of which are linked to cancer development later in life, over large evolutionary distances

When it comes to modeling the early developmental processes of the human embryo, things become complicated

How life's first step happens has long fascinated developmental biologists

In a study of more than 200 babies, magnetic resonance spectroscopy predicted damage with 98 percent accuracy

Use of organophosphates has lessened, but risks to early brain development still too high

The findings suggest that for many people with neurodegenerative diseases, the roots of their condition will trace back to their time as an embryo developing in the womb