A new study finds key differences in the development of the cortex between autistic boys and girls ages 2-13. The study found sex-specific changes in the thickness of the outer layer of the brain, ...

Malformations of cortical development are commonly associated with epilepsy and intellectual disabilities. Polymicrogyria is one of the most frequent cortical malformations but remains largely ...

May 7, 2008 (Washington, DC) — A large neuroimaging study found that in attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), brain development follows a normal trajectory, but maturation of the prefrontal ...

The researchers suspected the pathway—known as the social perception pathway—might be functional very early in development.

Weaker performance in adolescent mice arises from immature cortical representations and cognitive bias, linking developmental changes in behavior with underlying neural coding.

Can Posterial Cortical Atrophy indicate Alzheimer’s disease? Posterial Cortical Atrophy, sometimes called Benson’s disease, is a rare degenerative brain condition that affects the back part of the ...