Human brains today contain 50% more plastic than in 2016, a new study found. Brain of people diagnosed with dementia had the ...

More information: Benedikt Maric et al, Exposure to phthalate plasticizer compromises normal brain function in an adult vertebrate, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j ...

Levels of microplastics in the brain have shot up 50% in just eight years, according to samples tested by researchers in New Mexico.

A seizure occurs when there is sudden abnormal electrical activity that temporarily interrupts normal brain function. Large groups of neurons fire at the same time like an electrical storm inside ...

“At 18°C, we'll have a massive leak in our blood-brain barrier, and the brain is not protected anymore from the normal junk we produce,” Gracheva said. The resulting flood of toxins through the ...

They delineate the circuitry of anxiety, indicating which parts of the brain play a role in the disorder. In fMRI studies, normal controls and anxious patents are typically given some task to ...

Now, scientists at Gladstone Institutes and the regenerative medicine company SanBio have shown that a cell therapy derived from stem cells can restore normal patterns of brain activity after a stroke ...