Neuroscientists Identify Five Major Epochs of Brain Structure over Course of Human Life

Dec 2, 2025 - 12:45
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Neuroscientists Identify Five Major Epochs of Brain Structure over Course of Human Life
Mousley et al. compared the brains of 3,802 people between zero and ninety years old using datasets of MRI diffusion scans, which map neural connections by tracking how water molecules move through brain tissue. Image credit: Mousley et al., doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-65974-8.

Neuroscientists have detected five broad phases of brain structure in the average human life, split up by four pivotal turning points between birth and death when our brains reconfigure.

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