Adolescence is a period of social reorientation: a shift from a world centered on parents and family to one shaped by peers, schools, and broader networks. This expansion is critical for healthy ...

Researchers have discovered a molecular difference in the brains of autistic people compared to neurotypical people, a ...

Autistic adults show reduced availability of a key glutamate receptor, mGlu5, across widespread brain regions.

A scientific team supported in part by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has developed a new, ultra-high-resolution brain imaging system that can reconstruct microscopic brain structures that ...

For almost three decades, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) has been one of the main tools in brain research. Yet a new study published in Nature Neuroscience fundamentally challenges the ...

A study of nearly 10,000 adolescents has identified distinct differences in the brain structures of those who used substances before age 15 compared to those who did not. Many of these structural ...

A new study fundamentally challenges how fMRI data are interpreted, finding no valid coupling between oxygen content measured ...