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The amount of microplastics in the human brain appears to be increasing over time: Concentrations rose by roughly 50 percent ...

Researchers discovered how genetic switches shaped human brain evolution by fine-tuning shared gene expression.

A new study finds that microplastics and nanoplastics accumulate at higher levels in the brain than in the liver and kidney.

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Cognitively normal human brain samples collected at autopsy in early 2024 contained more tiny shards of plastic than samples collected eight years prior, according to a new study. Overall ...

A University of Ottawa neuroscientist has led a Canadian research team to reveal important new insights into the activation ...

A comprehensive atlas of the human hypothalamus, a brain region that regulates many bodily functions, including temperature, sleep and appetite, has been built using single-cell RNA sequencing and ...

The brain is the most well-protected organ in the human body, but it has a surprisingly high amount of microplastic pollution, according to a study published in Nature Medicine on Monday.