A new study finds that microplastics and nanoplastics accumulate at higher levels in the brain than in the liver and kidney.
Neural Mechanisms of Sleep-Dependent Motor Learning Revealed in New Study on Brain Injury Rehabilitation Nov. 18, 2024 — Scientists reveal how sleep, especially naps, boosts motor learning after ...
The amount of microplastics in the human brain appears to be increasing over time: Concentrations rose by roughly 50 percent ...
Research indicates that following the onset of an acquired brain injury (ABI), the brain initiates an immediate ...
A new study led by researchers at Mass General Brigham suggests that different brain regions activated by creative tasks are part of one common brain circuit.
The physiological power and biological value of brain-derived neurotrophic factor is so significant that it is often referred ...
In a human cell-based brain model, repetitive physical injuries reactivate the common virus, Herpes Simplex Virus 1 (HSV-1), ...
As plastic breaks down over time, it degrades into smaller and smaller bits ‒ eventually small enough to slip inside the human body. Most of the plastics the scientists found in brain ...
Human brains today contain 50% more plastic than in 2016, a new study found. Brain of people diagnosed with dementia had the ...