This important study examines the role of pericytes in patterning the zebrafish blood-brain barrier (BBB) and controlling its permeability. Using pdgfrb mutant zebrafish models lacking brain pericytes ...

A new study has confirmed that microplastics and nanoplastics (MNPs) accumulate in the human brain at significantly higher levels than in the liver or kidneys.

Scientists found microplastics in all 52 examined human brains. Newer brain samples had more plastic than older ones.

Tissue samples reveal 50% surge in microplastic levels over just 8 years In a nutshell University of New Mexico researchers ...

"I have yet to encounter a single human being who says, 'There's a bunch of plastic in my brain and I'm totally cool with that'," said one researcher.

Study by US scientists, published in the journal Nature Medicine, also found that dementia patients had up to 10 times as ...

Microplastics are accumulating in human brains at alarming rates, with concentrations rising 50% in the past eight years.

The team also used transmission electron microscopy to visually examine the same ... These are small enough to cross the blood-brain barrier, although Campen says it is unclear how the particles are ...

The findings revealed a novel mechanism through which microplastics indirectly disrupt vascular and neurological functions without crossing the blood-brain barrier. Microplastics originate from ...

A paper published Monday in Nature Medicine found that the tiny fragments of plastic are passing the blood ... brain samples had seven to 30 times as much microplastics in them as liver and kidney ...

According to a new study from the University of New Mexico Health Sciences, the brain contains higher concentrations of plastic than the liver or kidneys. The microplastics in the brain are present at ...