Micro- and nanoplastic particles concentrate at far higher levels in brain tissue adjacent to tumors than in healthy brain ...

Micro- and nanoplastics accumulate in human brain tissue at concentrations significantly higher than in the liver or kidneys, ...

The blood-brain barrier is highly selective and semi-permeable, separating blood from the brain's fluid. It protects the ...

Among the body's most crucial protective features are the brain barrier systems, including the blood-brain and blood-cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) barriers. These barriers are made of highly specialized ...

A recent study discovered that a compound Cu(ATSM) can clear toxic plaques and repair the blood-brain barrier’s natural waste ...

Chemotherapy drugs for brain tumors typically haven’t been able to get past the blood-brain barrier, says Duke ...

Researchers uncovered an unexpected way to restore the brain’s cleanup network, hinting at a fresh strategy against dementia.

A team of scientists at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) has published new evidence suggesting that the brain's protective shield—known as the blood-brain barrier (BBB)—remains ...

A man wearing a T shirt and fleece vest sits at a corner office desk with a fluorescence microscopy image of the brain on a monitor in the background. Corresponding author Jiefu Li looks at an image ...

Among the body's most crucial protective features are the brain barrier systems, including the blood-brain and blood-cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) barriers. These barriers are made of highly specialized ...