In a nutshell The brain uses active “circuit breakers” to suppress irrelevant information, rather than passively letting ...

Microplastics may cause blockages in blood vessels in the brain and affect behavior, according to a study on mice.

the human brain has a protective filter called the blood-brain barrier that blocks many harmful pathogens and toxins. Campen said it's unclear from his research how so many nanoplastics are ...

The most common type is ischemic stroke, which is when blood supply to part of the brain is blocked or reduced. This type can ...

Who hasn't been there? The big meal is over, you're full, but the craving for sweets remains. Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research have now discovered that what we call ...

The tiny plastic particles are gobbled up by immune cells, travel through the bloodstream and eventually become lodged in blood vessels in the brain. It’s not clear whether such obstructions ...

A research team has identified a critical event driving tumor growth in a type of medulloblastoma -- and a way to block it.