For the first time, however, experts succeeded in visually tracking the movement of microplastics through brain blood vessels in mice—and the pile-ups resembled a microscopic “car crash.” ...

Dec. 4, 2024 — Fiber optics are a means of transmitting information at incredibly high speeds; however, the technology can be used for more than just providing a fast internet connection.

At Tufts University in Medford, Mass., researchers loaded a tiny 3D model of the human brain into a plastic shell resting atop a spring-loaded platform. Inside this polymer skull, the donut-shaped ...

If you’re well rested, your brain will be able to quickly suppress the negative memory. But if you are someone who is plagued by insomnia, then intrusive thoughts about what happened—and the ...

Jan. 28, 2025 — A new study shows that asymptomatic brain metastasis is more common in stage 4 breast cancer patients than previously believed. The study suggests that doctors may need to ...

But scientists have long assumed that bacteria can’t survive in the human brain. The powerful blood-brain barrier, the thinking goes, keeps the organ mostly free from outside invaders.

Addiction corrupts the ability to make choices.Addiction brings about changes in the brain, but those changes do not reflect a pathological process. The pathways to addiction can be difficult to ...

As the biological seat of mental life, the brain is center stage in the investigation of what causes and characterizes mental disorders. The roots of the various conditions defined by the medical ...

In 2012, Deborah Cory-Slechta at the University of Rochester, New York, received a “bucket of brains”. A colleague had been studying how air pollution around the university harms the hearts ...

The brain interprets these sensory cues to understand what’s going on outside and inside the body. This allows a person to use their body to interact with their surrounding environment and ...

These symptoms, which affect your ability to think, are often collectively described as “brain fog”, a non-medical, colloquial term. There are many potential causes of “brain fog”, but one ...

Like any pleasurable activity, such as eating cake, gambling can send a jolt through the reward pathways in our brains. “It's the most addictive form of operant conditioning, because the more ...