A new study, published in the Molecular Neurobiology journal, shows that rats that are exposed to microplastics for a prolonged period have a compromised blood-brain barrier, increased oxidative ...

Brain plasticity — also called neuroplasticity — is an odd term for most people, with the word “plastic” causing images of Tupperware or Saran Wrap to pop into your head. However, brain plasticity is ...

The researchers treated mouse serum with microplastics to form the microplastics that absorbed proteins, according to a ...

Warnings about plastic pollution have become increasingly frequent and shrill in recent years due to concerns about its environmental impact and potential effects on human health. Not only have vast ...

When a CBS News medical correspondent claimed recently that we’re accumulating a plastic spoon’s worth of plastic in our brains, her colleagues looked horrified, and for good reason. Surely, that much ...

Researchers are raising an alarm over recent studies showing that plastic pollution is continuing to spread across the land and into the seas worldwide, threatening the health of humans and other ...

Feb. 4, 2025 – Microplastics have been found in the brain, showing they can cross the blood-brain barrier, and the amounts of the tiny plastic bits inside our bodies appear to be increasing at a rate ...

A plastic spoon’s worth of plastic is inside your brain: “Research reveals that human brains contain approximately a spoon's worth of microplastics and nanoplastics (MNPs), with levels 3-5 times ...

A collaboration between scientists from the NIH and University College London found that the brain does not automatically ...

Master-control area integrates information about hunger, a food’s tastiness and more — and can even drive intake of plastic ...

You now know your brain is plastic and can be influenced by many variables. Dr. Michael Merzenich, often called the Father of Modern Neuroplasticity, outlines the necessary conditions needed for your ...

When a CBS News medical correspondent claimed recently that we’re accumulating a plastic spoon’s worth of plastic in our brains, her colleagues looked horrified, and for good reason. Surely, that much ...