Mutations in the GFAP gene disrupt astrocyte function, cells essential for brain function. The disease causes symptoms like epilepsy, muscle weakness, and loss of developmental milestones, with milder ...

Microplastics have previously been identified in human blood, lungs, placentas, and breast milk. But “the idea that particles … can cross the blood-brain barrier is concerning,” said Almroth ...

Newly discovered brain cells count each bite before sending the order to cease eating a meal. Columbia scientists have found specialized neurons in the brains of mice that order the animals to ...

A new study found a spoon’s worth of plastic in samples taken from human brains in 2024. “They found approximately 4,800 milligrams per gram of microplastics in brain tissue,” said Dr.

4, 2025 – Microplastics have been found in the brain, showing they can cross the ... Much of previous microplastic research involving actual human beings has focused on finding microplastics ...

A team of neuroscientists have captured the first-ever brain activity of a dying human brain, which suggests people go experience 'life review.' Life reviews have been widely reported by those ...

The production of plastic is also accelerating, with more being generated and thrown away all the time. Researchers have now found that microplastics and nanoplastics seem to build up in the human ...

A new study found dramatic increases in microplastics in recent human brain samples compared to brains from just eight years ago. The study, published Monday in the journal Nature Medicine, analyzed ...

Brain samples contained 10 times more microplastics ... and it's not the first study to show that microplastics are being found in human tissue." "Again, we don't know the exact human health ...

It used brain imaging technology to explore the impact ... “As cannabis use continues to grow globally, studying its effects on human health has become increasingly important.

The amount of microplastics in the human brain appears to be increasing over time: Concentrations rose by roughly 50 percent between 2016 and 2024, according to a new study Sarah Kuta Daily ...