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Experts explain the impact microplastics have on the brain and how there may be a “spoonful” in the organ. Plus, how to cut back on microplastics.

Experts explain the impact microplastics have on the brain and how there may be a “spoonful” in the organ. Plus, how to cut back on microplastics.

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The Death of Private Thought Brain-computer interfaces don’t just respond when you want them to. They can pick up on your brain activity even when you’re not actively doing anything. That includes ...

The present work characterizes the effects of synthetic E-cadherin peptide (HAV) on blood–brain barrier (BBB) integrity using various techniques including magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and ...

We have evaluated a novel in vitro cell-based human blood−brain barrier (BBB) model that could predict in vivo human brain penetration for compounds with different BBB permeabilities using the ...