Health Rounds: Ingested plastic particles head for the brain
The tiny bits of plastic pollution that make their way from the environment into our bodies accumulate at much higher ...
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A Human Brain Tissue Model Reveals That Repetitive Head Trauma May Trigger Alzheimer’s Through Virus Reactivation
In a human cell-based brain model, repetitive physical injuries reactivate the common virus, Herpes Simplex Virus 1 (HSV-1), ...
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The Human Brain May Contain as Much as a Spoon’s Worth of Microplastics, New Research Suggests
The amount of microplastics in the human brain appears to be increasing over time: Concentrations rose by roughly 50 percent ...
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First ever recording of dying human brain reveals what really happens right before we die
The first ever recording of a dying human brain has revealed what happens right before we die, and it certainly makes for ...
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Microplastics Build Up in Human Organs, Especially the Brain
New research uncovered an alarming accumulation of plastic particles in human brains, raising concerns about their potential ...
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Early-life stress changes more genes in the brain than a head injury
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Study sees high level of microplastics in human brains
People with dementia have 10 times higher levels of microplastics in their brains than other humans, the study shows, but ...
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Magnetic particle imaging designed for the human brain
The researchers began by defining the parameters required to build a human brain-scale MPI system. Such a device should be able to image the head with 6 mm spatial resolution (as used in many ...
Brain tissue may have higher amounts of microplastics than other organs, study finds
A new study found that the brain may contain higher levels of microplastics, equivalent to the amount found in a standard ...