“This study finds that the olfactory pathway is a potential major entry route for plastic into the brain, meaning that ...

Neuroplasticity is key to brain health, facilitating learning and recovery while combating age-related cognitive decline and ...

Scientists in Brazil found microplastics in the brain tissue of cadavers, according to a new study published Monday in the ...

Microplastics have been found in brain tissue above the nose, suggesting a likely passageway for microscopic plastic shards ...

Microplastics can invade the olfactory bulb of the human nose, which transmits smells to the brain, a new study found.

Microplastics have been detected in the smell centre of the human brain for the first time, suggesting the actual quantity of ...

A new study identified the tiny pollutants in the olfactory bulbs of eight cadavers, suggesting microplastics can travel ...

Microplastics infiltrate human bodies, threatening our health. Recent studies suggest widespread environmental contamination.

However, the new study suggests that there's "a potential pathway for the translocation of microplastics to the brain" via ...

Many might remember last year's research from URI showing that microplastics breached the blood barrier to the brain of lab ...

"The maternal brain undergoes a choreographed change across gestation, and we are finally able to see it unfold," Jacobs said. These changes suggest that the adult brain is capable of undergoing an ...

For the first time, scientists have detected microscopic microplastics lodged in the human brain.Researchers in Germa ...