The human brain has been called the most complex object in the known universe. And with good reason: It has around 86 billion neurons and several hundred thousand miles of axon fibers connecting them.

Yale University researchers have identified a molecular mechanism driving the structural abnormalities leading to lissencephaly that have, until recently, been elusive. Further, this research, ...

IT’S A DEVASTATING CONDITION THAT CAN ROB FAMILIES OF MILESTONES THAT MANY TAKE FOR GRANTED. BUT A LOCAL MOTHER WAS DETERMINED TO SEE HER LITTLE BOY DEFY THE ODDS. OUR JESSICA BROWN HERE NOW WITH HER ...

Lissencephaly refers to a rare condition in which the brain's typical folds do not develop, and brain development is disrupted. People with the condition often have intellectual disability and ...

The roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans is revealing the molecular glitch behind a rare brain disorder. In lissencephaly – Greek for "smooth brain" – the cerebral cortex lacks characteristic convolutions ...

UCSF researchers have successfully used protease inhibitors to restore to normal levels a key protein involved in early brain development. Reduced levels of that protein have been shown to cause the ...

A single gene may alter the shape of your brain and determine your intelligence according to new research from the Yale School of Medicine. Genetic analysis of the brain of a Turkish patient revealed ...

Being born with a "tabula rasa" - a clean slate - in the case of the brain is something of a curse. Our brains are already wrinkled like walnuts by the time we are born. Babies born without these ...

The human brain has been called the most complex object in the known universe. And with good reason: It has around 86 billion neurons and several hundred thousand miles of axon fibers connecting them.

Research led by scientists at UC San Francisco and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine has used brain “organoids” — tiny 3D models of human organs that scientists grow in a dish to ...

New Haven, Conn. — Lissencephaly is a spectrum of rare, genetic disorders in which the brain fails to develop its hallmark folds. The disorders are often associated with seizures and intellectual ...

(THE CONVERSATION) The human brain has been called the most complex object in the known universe. And with good reason: It has around 86 billion neurons and several hundred thousand miles of axon ...