A New Map of the Developing Brain Could Unlock Clues to Autism, ADHD, and Beyond

The study argues that understanding the brain’s development at cellular resolution is the key to solving the puzzle of human cognition and disease. What once seemed impossibly complex — how billions of brain cells organize into circuits that make us who we are — is now being decoded, one cell at a time.

sweeping new Nature Perspective has charted the emerging frontier of how the human and mammalian brain develops — from the earliest fetal stages to adolescence — revealing patterns that could transform our understanding of neurodevelopmental and psychiatric disorders.