Unlike other primates, humans are exposed to high levels of placental sex hormones in the womb, which may have shaped our ...

The placenta and the hormones it produces may have played a crucial role in the evolution of the human brain, while also ...

Sex hormones produced during pregnancy may have played a crucial role in human brain development, possibly by leading to behaviours that enabled societies to thrive and expand, researchers say.

Recent discoveries using lab-grown brain organoids, or "mini-brains," suggest that testosterone increases brain size while ...

Exposure to mycotoxins—a broad group of harmful substances produced by mold—during pregnancy may impact placental function, ...