Researchers have mapped how "histone bivalency" acts as a molecular clock for brain development. By holding genes in a poised state, this mechanism ensures neurons mature only after completing ...

TalTech scientists in collaboration with researchers from Rockefeller University have described a mechanism that acts like a built-in clock in brain cell development, ensuring that the right genes ...

That viral claim that your frontal lobe “isn’t fully developed until 25” turns out to be more myth than milestone. Early brain scans showed that gray matter changes dramatically through the teen years ...