Mount Sinai team tracks prefrontal cortex development and aging from infancy to 97 to reveal shared cellular pathways in ...

Executive function encompasses a suite of cognitive processes that enable individuals to regulate their behavior, thoughts and emotions. These skills are essential for tasks such as following ...

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Scientists have created a detailed map of gene activity within a crucial part of the brain called the prefrontal cortex, gaining insight into normal ...

Single-nucleus RNA sequencing captures molecular changes in the prefrontal cortex across the lifespan and in health and disease.

How does play relate to brain development? To answer this question, Brown carefully introduces findings from neuroscience. For a long time, the cerebellum was thought to be the part of the brain ...

This schematic outlines their analytical framework. The approach involves creating a validated developmental atlas of the dorsal prefrontal cortex from structural connectivity, then using these ...

The prefrontal cortex, a brain region long associated with learning more flexible behaviors, can sometimes block the ability to think outside the box, a new study in mice shows. The finding by ...

Scientists discover spontaneous eye-blink rate is a simple marker of prefrontal dlPFC specialization and cognitive flexibility in preschoolers aged 3–6.

With parents' encouragement and strategies they choose for themselves, teens can make meaningful charges in their ability to ...

As I gradually cross the threshold from adolescence to adulthood, I often hear my peers joke that their prefrontal cortex is developing when they find themselves happily going to bed early on a Friday ...